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Losing triple A by trying to maintain AAA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2013

Global cooling on carbon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... Miller Hemingway's immortal words, "don't ask for whom the bells toll, it tolls for thee". Did I say you, I mean Julia and Wayne. For just as we Australians all, seemed to have warmed to Julia's flip on the carbon tax, the international price has collapsed. ...

Super council won't prevent Labor tax raids

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... Custodians would not bring an end to future tinkering. Details about the independent body are yet to be disclosed, but Treasurer Wayne Swan said that it will be charged with safeguarding the nation's savings from policies which go against the Charter ...

Brogden reaffirms campaign warning to politicians

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... that it may return. At a press conference in Sydney on Friday, Brogden welcomed many of the changes announced by Treasurer Wayne Swan and superannuation minister Bill Shorten saying that it ended weeks of speculation. While he admitted the announcement ...

Government announces key super reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
Australians with superannuation balances over $2 million dollars face losing key tax concessions, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten announced this morning. Starting July 1, 2014, all new earnings on ...

Super changes ease political and financial uncertainty

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... allowing savers and voters to focus on the future, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said. Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten announced a series of changes to superannuation ...

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... are living longer and they will need to be encouraged to have adequate savings to retire comfortably." Yesterday Treasurer Wayne Swan indicated that Labor will be making changes to Australia's super system. "The government supports the super system strongly...We ...

ASMA dismayed by proposed super hikes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... proposed super tax hikes, according to the Australian Self Managed Super Fund Members Association (ASMA). Yesterday Treasurer Wayne Swan confirmed that the Gillard government is considering closing the door on "excessively generous" superannuation tax ...

APRA appoints new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced that Wayne Byres will become the chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Byres became the first Australian to be appointed secretary general to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the ...

All eyes and ears on Japan

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013