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Paid maternity leave must include super: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... to include superannuation in any paid maternity scheme whether as part of the scheme itself or as a separate 'Super baby' bonus. AIST chief executive Fiona Reynolds said the current superannuation regime did not offer women the same security as it did ...

Super funds to offer FHSAs

... couple saving under an FHSA can accumulate up to $88,000 in the first five years through a combination of the government "bonus" and the low tax rate on earnings. While FHSAs are not directly linked to superannuation savings, the industry has participated ...

Record jobless rate not feeding a wage spiral

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The lowest jobless rate in more than three decades is not producing a wage rise spiral, a report shows. Total pay rates, which include bonuses and overtime, increased by 7.5 per cent in the year to May, the Melbourne Institute quarterly wages report ...

Planner To-Do list post Budget

... government's now getting rid of 'high net worth' welfare where the means test is based on the primary earner's income and the baby bonus being based on the family income." Overall, he said there were no killer punches. "It's a pretty underwhelming Budget. ...

Senate admits age pension falls short

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2008
... had previously flagged the need for a raise in the Age Pension following reports that the government may ditch the $500 bonus payment to senior Australians this year.

Raise the pension, says seniors

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2008
... consumer body is flagging the need for a raise in the Age Pension following reports that the government may ditch the $500 bonus payment to senior Australians this year. Australia's largest consumer organisation for older Australians, National Seniors ...

Coordinated policy will boost population and capacity

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2008
Boosting economic capacity means we need people and need people to have babies, but government policy to encourage this requires better integration. The Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS) just released a major review titled Fertility and ...

BCA call to freeze Budget gets cold shoulder

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2008
... Malcolm Turnbull. "[The BCA] is speaking on behalf of its own constituency & it objects to the fact that a large part of that bonus from increased profits from the corporate sector was redistributed by the Howard government to the battlers," he told ...

Plan for Life and AFA award life industry Who's Who

... award recipient CommInsure gave 40,000 of its clients $1.2 billion worth of extra life insurance cover under a new loyalty bonus scheme. Many, if not all, of the award winners and finalists have also raised the bar in the sector by providing more online-based ...

Australia's reversing fertility

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... renewed economic focus on whether we should introduce paid maternity and paternity leave and review the structure of the bay bonus. A major inquiry reviewing the former is expected to report early next year.