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Opposition wants to postpone vote on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2014
... Senators urge the government to withdraw these amendments and work to bridge the widening chasm between the two sides," Labor Senator Sam Dastyari said in a dissenting report of the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the latest FoFA changes. Dastyari ...

Bipartisan Senate inquiry to grill financial services again

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
Labor Senator Sam Dastyari has obtained the support from the Coalition to conduct a new Senate Economics Committee inquiry to scrutinise the financial services industry. The inquiry will continue the task of last year's Senate Economics Committee inquiry ...

Senate bill challenges general advice definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson has decided to get ahead of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) and is set to table a bill to change the definition of 'general advice.' The Senator will introduce the private member bill today during the Senate sitting ...

Impartiality of FWC Expert Panel challenged again

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2014
The impartiality of the Fair Work Commission's two Expert Panels has again been challenged, with Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie calling on member Tim Harcourt to resign on the grounds that he is "biased towards the Labor Party." While Harcourt is ...

FoFA legislative changes pass in the House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2014
... government's proposal. The government's proposed changes to FoFA will now have to be voted for in the Senate, where Labor Senator and chair of the Economics Committee Sam Dastyari will present today a motion to disallow the changes. As many as 82 members ...

Government tables FoFA bill in House of Reps

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... before the end of the year. Unsurprisingly, Greens spokesperson for consumer affairs, competition policy and small business Senator Peter Whish-Wilson said that the FoFA legislation "is aimed at locking into law the dodgy deal that they [the Coalition] ...

Greens slam CBA executives pay rise

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2014
... taken a pay cut while the compensation process for thousands of victims of poor financial advice remains ongoing, Greens Senator Peter Wish-Wilson said. "It is not a good look to be increasing your salary when your organisation is dealing with a scandal ...

Brumbie: Super idea, super silly reaction

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... interest groups circle the wagons, warning of capital market calamity. Triggering this latest ruckus is that at end July Senator Nick Xenophon issued a media release titled 'Home affordability: a super idea' in which he proposed a simple idea to allow ...

AIST slams Xenophon's super home loan proposal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2014
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon's proposal to allow first home buyers to access their super for a deposit would "threaten retirement income security", according to Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) chief executive Tom Garcia. ...

In the throes of change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... year, it will also be a platform for both sides of politics to articulate their agenda, with the Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Corman and Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen MP both speaking at the conference. With regulation front of mind for an advocacy ...