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Superannuation reforms underway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... Frydenberg's review of the retirement income system, one of the first initiatives he vowed to tackle as soon as the Liberals were re-elected. There is currently very little guidance on how retirees drawdown their savings upon retirement, she said ...

Retirement income review welcomed: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... the Government's last term that will also be examined. The review was one of Frydenberg's first initiatives when the Liberals were re-elected. While it is clear that many things could be improved about Australia's superannuation system, Heffron SMSF ...

Liberal win stuns, ASX rallies: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... note. SMSF Alliance principal David Busoli said the outcome was "certainly good news on the SMSF front." He expects the Liberals to deliver on its policies. This includes the removal of the work test requirement for those aged over 65 but under 66, and ...

Industry responds to election outcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
... election, as "certainly good news on the SMSF front." Now the Government has been re-elected, Busoli is expecting the Liberals to deliver on its policies including the removal of the work test requirement for those aged over 65 but under 66 and an increase ...

Labor policies boost superannuation agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2019
... policies. Following years of continuous reforms, the Labor party is looking to implement further changes compared to the Liberals. The AIST said it supports the following Labor proposals: Abolishing the $450 monthly threshold for superannuation guarantee ...

Industry welcomes tax cuts and surplus

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... industry. Frydenberg extolled the Liberal Party for transforming a 12-year deficit to a long-awaited surplus. When the Liberals took power, it inherited a $55 billion deficit, he said, and promised 10 million Australians with a $158 billion tax relief. ...

Budget 2019-20: Social media reacts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... reactions on social media when he handed down the 2019-20 Budget tonight. Here's what Twitter accounts had to say. The Liberals boasted achieving a Budget surplus - the first in over a decade. #BREAKING : This year, for the first time in over a decade ...

Labor proposes RC implementation task force

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... saying only 27 customers have had a chance to speak, despite the Commission receiving more than 9000 submissions. "They [Liberals] were dragged kicking and screaming in to the Royal Commission and they gave it a reasonably short time frame," she said. ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... government $227.4 million over the next five years from 2017-2018. This makes it the most sizeable chunk (88%) of the Liberals' $258.6 million package for a "range of measures that will enhance the standard of living of older Australians." The government ...

Industry fund buys $7 million beef stake

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... First State Super members. Deputy Premier and Minister for Small Business and Regional NSW, John Barilaro said: "The Liberals and Nationals Government is doing business differently in NSW, putting our money where our mouth is, to ensure we continue to ...