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Super pioneer advances innovative infra funding model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2013
... However, he said it would take strong political will to put such long-term vision into practice, given the three-year electoral cycle, and "three-minute" news cycle.

Super tax concession policy 'fatally flawed': SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... term effect of superannuation," Colley said. "Superannuation is a much more modern system." The other impediment is the electoral cycle. Reduced concessions generate immediate revenue, and for governments thinking about the next two or three budgets ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Australian sharemarket has opened almost 1.5 per cent weaker as former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's strong electoral showing sparked fears of eurozone instability. At 1026 AEDT on Tuesday, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 75.1 points ...

Politicians move 'super' goal posts at their peril

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
... up to be a closely fought election battleground. Hutton said that both major parties appear to recognise the growing electoral clout of retirees and would be concerned about bringing in changes across the board that affect retirees too much. However ...

Australia's finely balanced $376bn budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... taxpayers, the high end superannuation tax changes and cancellation of the corporate tax cut are expected to have minimal electoral impact for an already unpopular government as it's individuals who vote not businesses. Business taxes account for just ...

Shape up or ship out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2011
... their country." "Democracy is alive and well, and Greeks are being called to rise to a national duty beyond the regular electoral processes." Whattalotta hogwash! Isn't Kirios (Greek for mister) George Papandreou the duly democratically elected Prime ...

Trouble building in the housing market

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... there will be big changes to urban design and transport infrastructure policy. The perverse reaction with political (ie electoral) implications that could really cause trouble would be if people give up trying to buy a home and instead stay on the rental ...

Minister faces down advisers over opt-in, risk

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... Labor Party through the union movement. Minister Shorten told him he could look up political donations on the Australian Electoral Commission website, and that if he had any concerns on how a fund is managed, to report them to the relevant authorities ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... major changes to the financial sector. The weekend rout saw the 16 year NSW Labor government thrown out in the biggest electoral swing since World War Two, a swing even surpassing 14.6 swing against the Victorian state Labor government of 1955 lead by ...

Nothing to fear in hung parliament

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2010
The financial services industry is still digesting the ramifications of Saturday's election cliffhanger, which has given Australia its first hung parliament since 1940. "It certainly does leave the industry in limbo at the moment," said Fiona Reynolds ...