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Military Super reforms under senate scrutiny

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... Coalition is urging individuals to make a submission to the senate on these bills. Among the reforms suggested by the Rudd Government are the merger between civilian and military super scheme management into one new authority. There will also be a 10-person ...

Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2010
... problem is that the pro-active and aggressive monetary response by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Rudd government's fiscal spending have worked too well in shielding the domestic economy from the ravages of the GFC. Assisted, of course ...

ComSuper faces executive and admin reforms

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... reforms ComSuper to adopt a more corporate structure to its executive management, argue industry experts. "The Rudd Government does often have structures that seem to mirror a lot more what's happening in the private sector," said Fiona Reynolds, chief ...

CPRS chaos poses big risks for fin services

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2009
... will be closely watching today's, and this weekend's, political machinations because it seems fait accompli the Rudd government would be re-elected as it already holds an 18-seat majority in the lower house, set against the backdrop of a recovering economy. ...

Govt selects Medicare to run national clearinghouse

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... with the current system. More clarity But the timing of the announcement coincides with renewed pressures on the Rudd Government to deliver on its election promises, such as the delayed decision on the clearinghouse system. At the time the clearinghouse ...

More benefits for Military Super

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... for ADF members. Greg Combet, minister for defence personnel, materiel and science, announced last week that the Rudd Government will improve death and invalidity benefits for members of scheme. Backdated from 1 July 2007, benefits for death and invalidity ...

Instos win $5.5m in sustainable grants

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... grants to make the firms' invested properties more sustainable. The grants were awarded last week as part of the Rudd Government's Green Building Fund which paid more than $29 million to 89 different projects. The Green Building fund aims to reduce Australia's ...

Fed's unfunded liabilities balloon to $80bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2009
... surging faster than anticipated sets up a potential flashpoint between the Future Fund's board of guardians and the Rudd government because while the fund is widely expected to be a major financier behind some of the government's national infrastructure ...

Pension age lift under fire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
When the Rudd government announced it wants all students under age 20 to stay in education unless they find a job, hardly anyone complained. But its announcement to marginally lift the pension preservation age is creating a furore. In Tuesday night's ...

Goldilocks Budget 2009

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2009
... suffering from Budget diarrhea. For there is no escape...everywhere you turn, it's Budget 2009 - the second for the Rudd Government and the first in contemporary Australian history of a tough one. Those were the days. Previous Federal Budgets handed ...