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Coalition Senators head-to-head over FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... Senator John Williams after he staged a parliamentary confrontation against Finance Minister and Liberal Senator Mathias Cormann. The Senate Standing Committee on Regulations and Ordinances, chaired by Williams, has given Cormann 15 more sitting days ...

Hockey wants Sinodinos back

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... witness in the ICAC inquiry into Australia Water Holdings (AWH). He was temporarily replaced by Finance Minister Mathias Cormann. Two key policy areas - regarding the role of the Fair Work Commission in the choice of default superannuation funds and ...

SG frozen till 2021, industry 'dismayed'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2014. In a joint statement, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the measure would save the budget around $50 billion over the next decade. Hockey described it as "a damn good deal for ...

Senate saves the LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... already behind on saving for retirement." However, in a joint release Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said the move was unsustainable, claiming the three measures would cost $8.5 billion over the forward estimates. "The Government ...

Cormann tables adviser register to "weed out bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... after the government announced the creation of a working group to consult with stakeholders. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said that the group will begin its consultation process "shortly" and will report to the government by mid-August. The group ...

Senate votes against disallowing FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... disallow the government's regulation did not pass as 34 senators voted against and 31 in favour. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said during the Senate's afternoon session that "our friends at the Palmer United Party came to us with some positive suggestions ...

Super funds have clout to demand transparency

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... November last year. Sinodinos was stood aside before a decision was reached, and as yet his acting replacement Mathias Cormann has not taken up the issue.

Intra-fund advice exemptions in doubt

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... advice if the Senate blocks the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, Finance Minister Mathias Cormann has said. Singling out exemptions made by the previous government allowing super funds to charge members a flat fee for the ...

Government still mulling response on Senate report

LAURA MILLAN AND AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... program announced today while it works on its response to the Senate Economics Committee report. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said that it was "appropriate, indeed it was necessary, that CBA CEO Ian Narev answered questions raised by the recent Senate ...

CBA needs to"lift its game": Treasurer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
... and we want to ensure that investors are as safe as they can be in a market economy," he said. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann dampened ideas about the possibility of an independent judiciary inquiry or a Royal Commission and referred to the dissenting ...