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Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... the Whitlam government in 1975 was a mediocre 6 per cent. While federal Labor strategists, including former assistant treasurer Chris Bowen, are saying the swing was due to local NSW state issues, the problem for the Gillard government is that they have ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... tax changes has helped ensure the raising of the superannuation guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said in a media release that Minerals Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) revenues would go towards building superannuation ...

Future Fund chair back for a year, two new board members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2011
... looked for someone else. Wayne Swan's office did not comment other than to refer to the press release. Shadow Assistant Treasurer Senator Mathias Cormann weighed in saying the Government decision was the worst of both worlds. "It's indecisive. The Future ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... stability and needs to have a taxation program in place that doesn't change every year or every other year." Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten's office said it believes most of the legislation prompted by the Cooper Review would be passed in time for ...

ASIC and govt launch MoneySmart.gov.au

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... and really useful financial guidance," said Prime Minister Julia Gillard through videolink at the launch. Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten said the website would complement the Stronger Super package, to strengthen the superannuation system and help ...

Super cap breach stings 65,000

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... tax on their retirement funds, according to Government figures. In a response to a Senate question by Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Corman, Federal Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten disclosed the dramatic increase in numbers during the 2009-10 financial ...

PC recommends social insurance shake-up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2011
... PC's draft report to the Disability Care and Support inquiry, a topic referred to it by Bill Shorten, now assistant treasurer, in 2009 when he was minister for disability services. The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and National Injury Insurance ...

Opposition slams opt-in policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Senator Mathias Cormann has described the government's proposed opt-in policy as 'fundamentally flawed'. Speaking to delegates on the final day of the SPAA conference in Brisbane, Cormann said that the opposition does not ...

Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... superannuation, whether it is sitting in a lost account or in multiple accounts in various funds," said Bill Shorten, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services and superannuation. Currently, super members can opt to provide their TFN to ...

Coalition gives qualified support to reforms

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2010
... power under the hung parliament. In response to the reforms unveiled by the Government yesterday, the Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann said in a statement that the Coalition would support any changes that make the superannuation system more ...