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Sunsuper appoints board member

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2008
Sunsuper has appointed Ron Monaghan, Queensland president of the Australian Labor Party, to director of the company's board. Monaghan was elected general secretary of the Queensland Council of Unions in November last year. He remains a board director ...

ALP wants industry funds on awards

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2007
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) has attracted support from the financial services industry with their calls to cut foreign withholding tax, but their call to make industry funds the automatic default super choice for industrial awards is less likely ...

New Jersey Govt spends teachers' future fund

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2007
... New Jersey Turnpike. The scandal raises similar themes to those debated last month in Australia, when the Australian Labor Party announced it would use the Future Fund to finance a Fibre To The Node (FTTN) broadband network in Australia. The Federal ...

ALP finally agrees to back Budget super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 DEC 2006
It was a long time coming, but the Australian Labor Party (ALP) has bowed to the inevitable and finally agreed to back the government's superannuation reforms announced in the Federal Budget. Peter Dutton, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer ...

IFSA chief welcomes Latham's appointment to the head of the ALP

... Association (IFSA), Richard Gilbert has welcomed Mark Latham's win earlier today to the the head of the Australian Labor Party and said that IFSA was looking forward to working with him on issues relating to the superannuation industry in Australia. ...

Labor undergone generational change: Latham

WITH AAP  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2003
... caucus colleagues in being elected leader ahead of Kim Beazley. "I see this as a line in the sand for the Australian Labor Party," he said. "A chance to move forward, together for the benefit of the Australian people. "A united Labor Party, always committed ...

Mark Latham is new ALP leader

Mark Latham has been elected as the new leader of the Australian Labor Party, narrowly tipping former leader Kim Beazly by 47 votes to 45. The 42-year old MP from western Sydney now takes over the reins from Simon Crean, who intends to continue as a ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...

ALP launches new superannuation plan, emphasising simplicity

The Australian Labor Party's shadow treasurer Mark Latham and Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick Sherry have announced ALP's superannuation policies that are aimed primarily at simplifying the country's superannuation system. ...

ABA welcomes RBA credit card reform

... services." Credit card reform, including the interchange regulation, received strong support from both the Australian Labor Party and the Coalition Government as well as from consumer organisations.