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House passes professional standards bill

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... following successful passage through the Senate. Labor's last minute amendment Prior to passing the House, Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh called on the government to apologise to victims of bad financial practice following their vote against ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... for them to work into older ages. We need flexibility for these people," he said. Andrew Leigh, the shadow assistant treasurer and a former ANU economist, added that while raising the pension age for healthier high income people in the services industry ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... of a man who is a greater Australian than any of them." Yesterday Labor MP Kelvin Thomson, who was Shadow Assistant Treasurer between 1998 and 2001, said that "it would be in the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos would ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... AWH, a company which has links to Labor figure Eddie Obeid. Yesterday Labor MP Kelvin Thomson, who was Shadow Assistant Treasurer between 1998 and 2001, said that "it would be in the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos would ...

Calls for Sinodinos to "step aside" amid ICAC allegations

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... contracts worth $200 million. Speaking to journalists in Canberra yesterday Labor MP Kelvin Thomson who was Shadow Assistant Treasurer between 1998 and 2001, said that "it would be in the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos ...

Shorten gives Ripoll shadow superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... Business. Ripoll's will be part of the shadow Treasury team, which includes Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh, and Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Treasurer Ed Husic. Ripoll has had a long standing interest ...

FSC anticipates different role for Senator Cormann

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2013
... industries for at least two weeks as Cormann would need time to appoint new staff. Cormann was appointed to Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services & Superannuation on 14 September 2010 but following the election his official ...

Cormann commits to change in face of Labor moratorium

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
... the Coalition couldn't have things both ways. Again echoing Obama, Cormann joked, "Yes we can!" The shadow assistant treasurer then laid out a number of areas an elected Coalition would move to make 'necessary changes we have long flagged before'. Firstly ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... consultation and sufficient time for implementation," AFA chief operating officer Phil Anderson said. Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann accused the government of not taking into account the demands of the financial services industry. "The government ...

Coalition vow to leave SMSFs alone

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann has confirmed that the Coalition would aim to leave self-managed super fund (SMSF) legislation alone if they won the next election. Addressing an audience of SMSF advisers, accountants and auditors at the CPA's ...