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Industry leaders urge Abbott to keep super rebate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... New South Wales and the University of South Australia. The letter was published to coincide with the opening of Parliament today, the 44th in Australia's history. As part of its plans to repeal the mining tax, Tony Abbott and his government recently ...

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 ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The main financial advice associations will lobby members of Parliament today to delay the approval of tax amendments to the Tax Agents Services Act (TASA), amendments they believe will negatively affect financial advisers. The bill is scheduled to ...

Govt loses, then wins vote on super legislation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... Labor Party continued to resist our efforts to achieve this important reform to improve superannuation in the Parliament today." He added that only the most transparent, efficient and competitive super system with appropriately high standards of corporate ...

FSC: Government drops opt-in requirement

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... by dropping the opt-in requirement for advisers. The FSC said it was responding to FOFA amendments tabled in parliament today, maintaining that the Bill "failed to provide certainty for consumers and financial advisers" and therefore the organisation ...

FOFA Tranche 2 reforms tabled in Parliament today

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
The FOFA Tranche 2 reforms were tabled in parliament this morning, gaining industry support and reinforcing the Government's speed to move these reforms through both houses. Included in the Tranche 2 Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms are the ...

Costello pledges $18bn to pump-prime his Future Fund

The Future Fund legislation will be pushed through Parliament today, with Treasurer Peter Costello announcing an initial allocation of $18 billion towards the fund charged with managing the federal government's unfunded super liabilities. Costello's ...

New laws to extend eligibility for govt super co-payments

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2004
... eligible to receive superannuation co-contribution payments from the government under new laws introduced to parliament today. The legislation is part of a package of government reforms designed to provided extra incentives for people to contribute to ...

New super incentive legislation introduced to Aust parliament

... middle income earners will be given greater incentives to invest in superannuation under legislation introduced to parliament today. The Superannuation Budget Measures Bill 2004 will enable the government to lift its superannuation co-contribution scheme ...

ASIC made record enforcements in 2003-4: report

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2003
... insider trading. This made a total of 73 jail terms served over the past three years, the report, tabled in federal parliament today, said. ASIC also took 67 civil proceedings, resulting in orders against 151 people or companies, $121 million in recoveries ...