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Reduce corporate tax rate, says Macquarie

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... on deaf ears. Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Steven Ciobo - a potential candidate for the role of assistant treasurer should Arthur Sinodinos not return - said last week that the corporate tax rate was the main obstacle on the road to Australia's ...

National Seniors asks Inquiry to deliver "top quality" advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... standards should be adopted by ASIC. National Seniors said the submission comes "barely two weeks after acting Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann delayed the dilution of consumer protections introduced by the former Labor government in response to recent ...

ICAC grills Sinodinos on $20 million inducement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said it "never occurred" to him to disclose to New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell that he stood to earn a $10 to $20 million commission if Australian Water Holdings (AWH) won its bid to participate ...

Sinodinos says six figure AWH salary was 'reasonable'

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
Former assistant treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has said he found it "reasonable" he was paid a salary of $200,000 per year as chairman of Australian Water Holdings (AWH), a role that involved between 25 and 44 hours of work every year. Sinodinos, was on ...

Government will go ahead with FoFA changes: Ciobo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... referred to the Senate Economics Committee, which is due to report in mid-June. "In the meantime, the acting assistant treasurer Senator Mathias Cormann is engaging with all relevant stakeholders on the regulations and legislative amendments," Ciobo ...

FoFA regulations paused, but legislation will go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... government has already introduced the amendments as legislation, and the process is underway. However, former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos had planned simultaneously to push through the amendments via regulation. Had he pursued this course, the ...

FoFA freeze a consequence of pro-consumer campaign: Silk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. The announcement was made shortly after he took over former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' responsibilities, following Sinodinos' involvement in a corruption inquiry.

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... prohibition of commissions in general advice," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. On the same day the former Assistant Treasurer stood Arthur Sinodinos stood aside due to his involvement in an Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
Former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' portfolio will now fall under the Ministry of Finance, headed by Mathias Cormann. Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed yesterday during a parliamentary session that the financial services industry will be ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has announced that he will stand down from the front bench during theA hearingsA of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) inquiry into Australia Water Holdings (AWH). Sinodinos is due to be witness at ...