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Seniors warn Coalition on super policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... the SG age limit from 70 to 75. National Seniors Australia (NSA) chief executive Michael O'Neill said the Coalition's opposition to the reforms were "a slap in the face for older Australians". O'Neil said the denying SG to senior Australians still in ...

Coalition's IR commitment locks in Award default funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
... government's Fair Work Act means there will be no change to how default super funds are nominated in Awards. This follows Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's announcement on the weekend that the Coalition will adopt the government's Fair Work Act as their ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2010
... construct an argument where they're not actually that worse off at all \... It's hard to see where there could be too much opposition to it at all. "I'm very surprised at the market's muted reaction to that."

Raising SG must remain despite RSPT outcome: Brogden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... Brogden, chief executive at IFSA, said raising SG is crucial to millions of Australians retirements. "The government and opposition have sought to link the super profits tax to the cost of 12 per cent SG," he said. "The retirement incomes of Australians ...

PM Gillard makes wealth reforms more likely

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2010
... successfully negotiate anything that didn't have either the full support of the cross-benches or partial support from the Opposition. It is this impasse that explains why the government has flagged 2012 as the time it will reintroduce its growing list ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2010
... Economic Development of Australia opens its two-day State of the Nation Conference in Canberra, with speakers including Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese, and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson. The Australian Office ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2010
... admitted it was having trouble reforming its labor market - a key element in resurrecting its economy - in the face of opposition from unions. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Europe to urgently speed up ...

The future according to Ben

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2010
... rebounded. It's all good. This is what a central banker - "the" top central banker - is meant to do. Reminds me of then Opposition Finance spokesman, Senator Barnaby Joyce's comments earlier this year that because "we're going into hock to our eyeballs ...

Future Fund chair attacks RSPT

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2010
... Parliament. This is the second time Murray has entered political debate attacking an ALP policy. In 2007, he warned the then opposition Labor Party that its plan to use the Future Fund to help pay for its National Broadband Network proposal would potentially ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Opposition is growing to increasing the Superannuation Guarantee and the super funds industry has a major fight on its hands. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said it rejects financial services industry claims that the SG increase ...