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Shorten loses superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Bill Shorten has retained his workplace relations portfolio but is no longer Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement of his new cabinet. He has been given responsibility for school education ...

Oh how welcome thy voice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2013
Times like these, I can't tell if the financial market commentariat are just thick or simply plain stupid. Wall Street's up last night - and big time at that - because one 'clever' writer put it down to better than expected US data releases...and the ...

Coalition pledges support for super laws amendments bill

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
The Coalition has said it will support the federal government's Superannuation Laws Amendment Bill, granting tax relief to superannuation funds which do not acquire a MySuper licence. Under MySuper regulations, funds which do not offer a MySuper product ...

Excess super contributions amendments pass House of Reps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
Amendments to the government's Fairer Taxation of Excess Concessional Contributions legislation has passed the lower house. Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten's office said the legislation is expected to go before the Senate late next week, and ...

Government to table concessional contributions bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
The government is expected to introduce legislation to ease penalties on excess concessional contributions into Parliament today. If amended, the Tax Laws Amendment Bill 2013 and Superannuation Imposition Bill 2013 will allow Australians to withdraw ...

Shorten maps out government super legacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Bill Shorten, minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, has used a speech to a Financial Services Council (FSC) dinner at Parliament House in Canberra to assertively defend the government's reform record on superannuation. Shorten listed a ...

Government to hold public forums on Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The Federal Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten has encouraged interested parties to attend a public forum on the future Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability. The Gillard government announced its intention to create the Super Charter ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten has used the passing of the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No 1) Bill 2013 into the House of Representatives to slam the Opposition's plans to delay an increase in compulsory ...

Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The federal government plans to update the More Super calculator to take into account increases to the Super Guarantee (SG) which will come into effect on 1 July. The More Super calculator allows users to find out how much super they will have accumulated ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
The House of Representatives has passed the Corporations Amendment (Simple Corporate Bonds and Other Measures) Bill 2013 with amendments to enshrine the terms 'financial adviser' and 'financial planner' in law. Currently under the C orporations Act ...