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ESS and SSF super fund talks deadlocked

... Superannuation Fund (SSF) amid their concerns members' defined benefits might be reduced. The proposal by the Finance Minister John Lenders to merge SSF into ESSS has sparked controversy because ESSS has an accumulation division as part of the plan while ...

Future Fund won't be a market burden: Minchin

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2005
... government's billion dollar Future Fund would be large but it would not be an "800 pound gorilla", according to Finance Minister Nick Minchin. Senator Minchin said the government would seek to minimise any disruption to markets caused by the fund, which ...

Treasury releases Future Fund tender

... While the Government has yet to make any clear indications about the underlying assets the Future Fund will use Finance Minister Nick Minchin stated on the weekend it would invest in commercially viable infrastructure projects. "We haven't determined ...

…as Minchin denies union funds attack

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2005
Finance Minister Nick Minchin has denied the Government's new choice of superannuation laws were motivated by an attack on union dominated super funds. Workplaces which previously provided only one chosen super scheme for employees will have to open ...

Major industrial nations see strong economic growth ahead

The world is poised for strong economic growth this year and next, the world's major industrial nations concluded at a weekend meeting, even though there are concerns about high oil prices and continuing unrest in the Middle East. Finance ministers ...

Fed Budget year to date February deficit of $4.455 billion

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2004
... eight months into the financial year, due largely to higher education costs at the start of the school year. Finance Minister Nick Minchin said the underlying cash balance for the year to date February 2004 was a deficit of $4.455 billion, compared to ...

Pressure mounts on coalition for tax reform

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2004
Finance Minister Nick Minchin has ruled out linking tax scales to inflation in this year's Budget, as pressure increases on the government to introduce significant tax reforms. The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) today called for Australians to ...

Federal budget deficit $2.656 billion to end January

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2004
The federal Budget was $2.656 billion in deficit to January 31, Finance Minister Nick Minchin said on Friday. The fiscal balance to January 31 was $1.1 billion. The government has forecast a Budget surplus of $4.6 billion for 2003-2004, and the monthly ...

Government tips $4.5 billion into Telstra, Australia Post super schemes

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2004
... of $3.125 billion to the Telstra superannuation scheme and another $1.443 billion to Australia Post's scheme. Finance Minister Nick Minchin said the payments would eliminate any future risk to taxpayers and provide greater certainty to both super funds. ...

AssetInsure granted APRA licence

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2004
... insurance market since the collapse of HIH is to be chaired by ex-New South Wales premier and former federal finance minister John Fahey. AssetInsure Pty Ltd was granted a general insurance licence by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) ...