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Shadow Treasurer slams governance bill

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... Bowen said. He said the Opposition will support the government's latest super reform package, introduced to parliament yesterday. However Labor "will take our proposed changes to the next election as policy." O'Dwyer, the Minister for Revenue and Financial ...

Government using super as "petri dish": Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... superannuation as "some kind of petri dish for one ideological experiment after another" during a debate in federal parliament yesterday. The superannuation trustee governance bill won't be debated until next week but the newly appointed Shadow Minister ...

Infra committee recommends ISA's inverted bid model

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
... attractive low volatility returns from the high performing infrastructure asset class." The report was tabled in Parliament yesterday.

FoFA changes designed to protect big players: opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... profits of larger financial services companies." Both Labor and the Greens tabled dissenting reports to the Parliament yesterday, as the Senate Economics Committee presented the conclusions to its inquiry into the Coalition's proposed FoFA amendments. ...

Labor to oppose rise in pension age

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... the government's bill to lift the Age Pension eligibility age to 70. As part of his budget reply speech in parliament yesterday, Shorten accused the government of 'haranguing' Australians about working until they are 70. "I have spent my adult life representing ...

Government limits general advice exemption in FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments bill that was introduced into the Parliament yesterday has limited the general advice exemption, but does not explicitly forbid commissions. The Corporations Amendment (Streamlining of FoFA) Bill 2014 ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... in parliament that he would be vindicated over the ICAC corruption allegations. Senator Sinodinos told the parliament yesterday that he planned to appear before the ICAC as a witness. According to some media reports Senator Sinodinos has no intention ...

Coalition pledges support for super laws amendments bill

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... product in another fund as a result of the MySuper Reforms," Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten said in Parliament yesterday. Speaking on behalf of the Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Tax Reform Tony Smith said the Coalition ...

Passing of IMR bill to attract foreign investors: Shorten

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2012
... minister for financial services and superannuation. Amendments to the Investment Manager Regime were passed in Parliament yesterday, which the Government said will encourage the use of Australian fund managers by international investors. Tax breaks can ...

Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... tax rate on managed investment schemes have been delayed after the proposal was pulled from a bill before parliament yesterday. The measure proposed to double the rate from 7.5% to 15%, forcing assistant treasurer David Bradbury to table a separate bill ...