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Businesses offered $10k to hire over-50s

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... expected to announce in this evening's budget. The initiative will go alongside a staggered rise in the Age Pension eligibility age, reaching age 70 by 2035. Under the initiative, businesses that hire employees over the age of 50 will be given $3000 ...

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... would "include the Commonwealth's biggest ever spending on infrastructure." Apart from changes to the Age Pension eligibility age and to the preservation age, it is not expected that there will be significant changes to superannuation. At a doorstop ...

Age Pension to rise to 70 by 2035

MARK SMITH, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has confirmed that he plans to raise the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 by 2035 in the upcoming Budget. Confirmation came in an interview with Alan Jones on 2GB radio in which the two men were discussing the Commission of Audit's ...

Industry asks for long-term, comprehensive approach to Age Pension

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2014
... recommendation that the superannuation preservation age should be set at least five years less than the Age Pension eligibility age. "We encourage the government to take a long-term, holistic view when considering the report's recommendations, and adopt ...

Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... comes in light of Treasurer Joe Hockey's recent comments that the government may consider raising the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 to offset a blow-out in costs caused by an ageing population. The Australia Institute proposes that Australia abolish ...

Actuaries call for overhaul of retirement phase rules

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... the issue all the more urgent. The Actuaries Institute also recommended the government increase the Age Pension eligibility age in line with changing life expectancy, and changing the design of MySuper options to better prepare for long retirements. ...

Super changes hit retirees

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2009
... the process have built up sizeable nest-eggs. But the key super changes which involved lifting the age pension eligibility age and halving concessional contribution caps may see this soon change. Halving concessional contribution caps means that from ...
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