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Labor to oppose rise in pension age

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
... to 70. As part of his budget reply speech in parliament yesterday, Shorten accused the government of 'haranguing' Australians about working until they are 70. "I have spent my adult life representing the people who do the real heavy lifting: tradespeople ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Advisers turn budget into opportunity to engage

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... concerns. JBS Financial Strategists director Jenny Brown told her clients in a video that "it's a tough budget, with all Australians told to bear the burden." Talking to different client segments, she said that "for families, there's a focus on healthcare ...

SPAA applauds tax changes to excess contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... annum for people under 50, a move welcomed by the Financial Services Council (FSC). "This shows a commitment to help Australians self-fund their retirement," FSC chief executive John Brogden said, adding: "Superannuation is already doing its job saving ...

Delay in SG rise 'disappointing', says industry

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... maintained. This view is overwhelmingly supported by the community, with ASFA consumer research showing almost four in five Australians support the measure." The Financial Services Council (FSC) was more expressive in its opposition to this delay in ...

Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... find small innovative solutions," saying the changes could result in a 25% decrease in retirement income for many Australians. He said the changes to the Age Pension eligibility age and the introduction of indexation to inflation rather than wages should ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... it tough because the economy is growing at less than its normal speed. Unemployment is too high with over 700,000 Australians looking for a job. Without change, the Budget would never get to surplus and the debt would never be repaid. So the time to ...

Businesses offered $10k to hire over-50s

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... Seniors, the lobby group representing the over-50s, welcomed the initiative but said it didn't go far enough. "Given that Australians will soon be compelled to work longer than any other people on the planet, the onus is now on government to create jobs ...

Timely market surge for a tough budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... lot to be grateful for for last night's positive lead in offshore markets. It'll come in handy just in time when us, Australians all, are bracing for tonight's great reveal of the Federal Budget -- a budget which the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) ...

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... of the superannuation system he helped design in the early 1980s to provide retirement income adequacy for elderly Australians. He said the options for the government to do this are to either introduce an additional superannuation levy on wages or to ...