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Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
Former Prime Minister and superannuation system architect Paul Keating says the government needs to create 'superannuation mark two' to enable superannuation to provide enough money for retirees who are increasingly likely to become centenarians. Speaking ...

No cut to age pension in this term: Abbott

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said there will be no change to the age pension in this term of parliament, putting an end to speculation that the pension would be cut back in next month's budget. However, the PM used his address to the Sydney Institute ...

FoFA amendments undermine confidence in advisers: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
... government should stop changes which undermine confidence in the financial planning market." Shorten spoke a day after Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to rule out that the government was preparing to introduce a levy on high incomes to reduce Australia's ...

FEATURE: Re-imagining Australia's financial future

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2014
... global financial crisis, another investigation is more than necessary. In November 2013 a joint release between Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey introduced us to the government's wide-ranging plans. The release said the Murray inquiry ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... main stock markets ended sharply lower as the escalating military crisis in Ukraine spooked investors. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned Ukraine was on the verge of civil war as Kiev launched a military operation against pro-Kremlin militants ...

The waiting game

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... 1997. Yup, that one that many thought returned the economy to recession and deflation and claimed the scalp of then Prime Minister Hashimoto. Could be different this time. Japan's raised consumption tax was compounded by the Asian financial crisis in ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... type of thing". Sowee, but at this point I can't help but recall what our very own then Opposition leader and now Prime Minister Tony Abbott said about the spoken word back in May 2010. "I know politicians are going to be judged on everything they say ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos' portfolio will now fall under the Ministry of Finance, headed by Mathias Cormann. Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed yesterday during a parliamentary session that the financial services industry will be Cormann's ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Sinodinos said: "I dont want this sideshow to be an unnecessary distraction to the important work of the government." Prime Minister Abbott said that the Senator "had done the right thing" and he looked forward to his "restoration to the ministry." Earlier ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... would be in the best interest of the integrity of the system if Senator Sinodinos would step aside" and called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ask him to step down. However, Prime Minister Abbott reaffirmed his confidence in the Senator and said in ...