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Business puts competitiveness before national security, survey shows

Business has ranked international competitiveness way above national security as the most important issue to be confronted in next month's Budget. A survey by the Australian Industry Group found almost 44% of members ranked international competition ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

The Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Simon Crean emphasised the importance of superannuation to his party's core value system during the unveiling of the second leg of the ALP's retirement incomes policy labelled 'Superannuation: A Safer System' ...

Labor has a red letter day in Parliament: Senator Sherry

Superannuation portability, which the Government was attempting to pass through the Senate, has been disallowed in Parliament today. According to Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, there had been a unanimous ...

Senator Sherry highlights the need for action on the back of poor super stats

The Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry, has said that poor returns, high taxes and corporate collapses are hurting superannuation fund members, citing new figures highlighting a continued decline in member contributions. ...

Employers to make quarterly SG contributions: ATO

Changes to superannuation law means that from July 1 2003 employers will have to make Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contributions quarterly rather than annually, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) announced today. Deputy commissioner of taxation for superannuation ...

New super initiative sparks familiar political catfight

The Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry, has today criticised the Government's "Revitalising Superannuation" initiative unveiled yesterday as offering "nothing new" for the Australian superannuation members. The Government ...

Public Offer super fees to increase: KPMG

KPMG's latest Public Offer Superannuation Fund Index has revealed that super funds are expected to increase their fees following the introduction of the quarterly Superannuation Guarantee regime from July 1 "It is highly likely that the costs of administering ...

Superannuation awareness "extremely poor": CPA

John Fernando The Certified Practising Accountants (CPA) of Australia today threw its weight behind the government's proposed 'choice of super' fund initiative being debated in parliament this week, but added that a number of practical issues had to ...