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Hockey launches Serious Financial Crime Taskforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey will allocate millions to a taskforce that will fight "serious and organised financial crime." The Government will provide $127.6 million over four years to the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce to investigate and prosecute cases ...

Hockey slams Labor super tax proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has responded to Labor's suggestion of a 15% tax on super earnings above $75,000, saying, "Labor's default position is always to increase taxes." In an interview, Hockey said he hadn't looked at the "details" of Labor's announcement ...

No changes to neg gearing, super in Budget

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
... concessions. While Frydenberg made no claim to be speaking officially on behalf of the Prime Minister or Treasurer Joe Hockey, Frydenberg's comments are significant as he is widely considered to a be credible and rising star inside the government. Indeed ...

Hockey commits cash to infra partnerships plan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
Australia will provide $25 million to the World Bank Group's Global Infrastructure Facility, said Treasurer Joe Hockey in a statement. The Facility will be used to build public-private infrastructure partnerships to streamline "greater private sector ...

Future Fund appoints board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... for their long-term commitment to the Future Fund Board of Guardians and wish them well for the future," Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a statement.

Tax debate highlights need for investments outside super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
The questions raised about tax concessions for superannuation balances in Treasurer Joe Hockey's Tax Discussion Paper highlight the growing need for alternative investment options outside super, according to Centuria Life general manager Neil Rogan. ...

China slowdown will hit Australia

AAP  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... remained for East Asia Pacific region "both in the short and long run". The gloomy prediction comes as federal Treasurer Joe Hockey forecast the iron ore price dropping to $35 a tonne, which could see commonwealth revenue fall by $25 billion over four ...

Hockey sounds tax alarm bells

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2015
Following the release of the Tax Discussion Paper, Treasurer Joe Hockey has restated the dangers of an outdated taxation system. In a statement, he noted that Australia's current tax system was "built before the 1950s, before black-and-white televisions ...

Industry bodies respond to Hockey's tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
... Australia and Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees have responded to some of the questions raised in Treasurer Joe Hockey's Tax Discussion Paper. FSC chief executive Sally Loane supported one of the paper's key arguments - that Australia is ...

Treasury opens discussion on tax reform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has issued the Tax Discussion Paper, raising fundamental questions about the future of Australia's tax system. The paper will open a debate until the 2016 election and will ideally inform the tax policy ideas the Government will ...