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Budget 2011: "Benign" Budget a relief for finance sector

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... right before taking tax into account." The Budget reaffirmed the Government's commitment to raise the superannuation guarantee (SG) from 9 per cent to 12 per cent, in gradual stages until 2020. Trade Minister Craig Emerson once again affirmed it was ...

Planners make their budget wishes

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2011
... with less than $500,000 in super. Other announcements yet to be put into law include the lifting of the superannuation guarantee (SG) from nine to 12 per cent and an increase in the SG age from 70 to 75 years.

Managed accounts central to advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... levels of super that filters into these products, around 60-70 per cent of dollars coming through being superannuation guarantee dollars. "It is going to be much better for all of us if we can all get into that area," said Fechner. However, Heine said ...

High level super talks on now

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... high-level talks with Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten on a range of issues including raising the superannuation guarantee. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said the industry needed to take ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... smooth passage of the Budget and other reforms such as the Mineral Resources Rent Tax and increases to the Superannuation Guarantee. But legislation requiring the government to take on, out-argue and out-maneuver conservative interest groups in electorates ...

Govt claims MRRT as super victory

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2011
... Federal Government said yesterday's agreement to mining 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 ...

Coalition introduces bill to abolish SG age limit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... opposition is again testing its power on the floor of the hung parliament by introducing a bill to abolish the superannuation guarantee age limit. The government only wants to increase the SG age limit to 75 from its current level of 70 years. The bill ...

Super baby bonus validity questioned

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
Calls for a "super baby bonus" opens door for change and a greater push for more benefits in Australian women's superannuation entitlements, according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Last week, the Australian Council of Trade ...

ISN renews push for 12pc SG

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
The Industry Super Network (ISN) has reiterated its call for the superannuation guarantee (SG) to be lifted to 12 per cent, and is hopeful the policy will receive unanimous approval in parliament. "There is broad community agreement in favour (of 12 ...

End the factions: Shorten

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... the industry get its act together came as he re-emphasised the government's commitment to raising the superannuation guarantee from its current 9 per cent to 12 per cent. However, he also stressed that while the industry welcomes the SG rise and the ...