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FOFA moderate and reasonable: ISN

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... advice would fall from $2,130 to $1,188, "largely driven by the increase in uptake of scaleable advice". Meanwhile Opposition Senator Mathias Cormann quizzed Industry Super Network (ISN) representatives on whether they were "surprised" by the government's ...

Default super inquiry receives positive response

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... not have the interest, information or expertise required to make informed choices" about their super, it added. The Opposition responded swiftly to the announcement, claiming the system as it stands, was "not transparent, not competitive and inappropriately ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2011
... Speizer said the local currency is simply following a downwards trend in Europe. "The ECB (European Central Bank)'s opposition to stepping up and doing a bond purchase program, and (German chancellor Angela) Merkel saying she was against expanding the ...

Government confirms super guarantee age limit abolished

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... Shorten has confirmed that the amendment to abolish the age limit made it through the Lower House last week, despite the Opposition voting against it. The new legislation means that from July 2013, up to 51,000 eligible workers aged 70 and over will ...

Insto tax phase down deferred one year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... flowing from the Minerals Resource Rent Tax. "We remain committed to implementing this measure from 2014-15, unlike the Opposition which do not support this measure," said Shorten.

Ripoll defends FOFA integrity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... the opt-in reforms, Cormann said he will vote against it and that they will overturn the opt-in legislation if the Opposition moves into Government. Ripoll responded to Cormann's allegations of hijacking by stating that four separate inquiries contributed ...

Abbott: Coalition will not vote for SG but won't rescind it

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has made his position clear on the proposed rise in the superannuation guarantee to 12%. Abbott confirmed this morning at a Financial Services Council (FSC) breakfast in Sydney, that while his party will not vote in support ...

FOFA will pass: Shorten, FPA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... about certain parts of FOFA, the majority would still vote in its favour. When asked if planners could count on the Opposition rescinding the legislation if it moves into power, De Gori said that while that is a possibility, that action would undoubtedly ...

Shorten rallies the troop to vote in favour of SG hike

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2011
... increase the guarantee from 9-12 then the efficiency and equity has to improve." Shorten also slammed what he called the opposition's "lazy decision making" on the issue, as well as their views on scrapping the super age limit. "I do object that we have ...

Hero to Zero

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 NOV 2011
... cap - if ever, this would be disbursed at all. The New York Times reports dear George reached an agreement with Greek Opposition leader Antonis Samaras to form a Unity Government but sans Papandreou as head. Here's another "but" from the New York Times ...