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ASFA warns govt against Super raid

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... super in the Budget as it would reinvigorate the panic and knock consumer confidence in the system." Prime Minister Julia Gillard told the Per Capita forum in Canberra that the latest estimates pointed to a $12 billion shortfall in government revenue. ...

$10bn CEFC fund gets govt mandate

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2013
... of development and take a long term outlook when setting its investment strategy. It was part of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's July 2011 announcement on the government's plan for a clean energy future. The CEFC has set its mission to: "Accelerate Australia's ...

Missing the forest for the trees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... previous month - lower than expectations for a 2.4% gain. And what a fine time it is for Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to score a "strategic partnership" with it, don't you think? And oh, Australian businesses will also now be able to directly ...

BOJ brings out big bazooka

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2013
... economic interest to see "Abenomics" and the BOJ's bazooka succeed. A layover in Tokyo on your way to or back from China Ms. Gillard?

Super will improve under Labor: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... Bill Shorten indicated that Labor plans to "improve" super at the sixth Super Roundtable held yesterday as part of the Gillard Government's reform agenda. Shorten hosted the roundtable that brought together representatives of the superannuation industry ...

ASMA dismayed by proposed super hikes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... to the Australian Self Managed Super Fund Members Association (ASMA). Yesterday Treasurer Wayne Swan confirmed that the Gillard government is considering closing the door on "excessively generous" superannuation tax breaks for the wealthy. Director of ...

Super election infighting intensifies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... last month's failed leadership spill, has said he would strongly appose any changes to superannuation and urged Julia Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan to reveal exactly what changes were planned. Crean said he'd never threatened to cross the floor on ...

Super debate heats up ahead of Budget

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... public because of its earlier lobbying work for environmental causes, is reacting to comments made by prime minister Julia Gillard that super should be made "fair" and "sustainable", clearly placing the country's retirement system on the budget agenda. ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... me a firm believer in women's intuition though. After all the brouhaha, the majority of the caucus didn't desert Julia Gillard. Haha. Even KRudd deserted himself under the guise of "I believe in honouring my word" to never again challenge the Labor leadership. ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... improvement in the domestic labour front in coming months. However, there's one big fly in that ointment and thy name is Gillard. In her bid to be liked and therefore voted in for another term, she has announced several policy initiatives over the past ...