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Super to fund Aussie infrastructure: Shorten

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
Federal opposition leader Bill Shorten has made it no secret he will look to Australia's superannuation industry to unlock billions in capital investment for key infrastructure projects. Unveiling Labor's infrastructure plans at a Queensland Media Club ...

SMSF Association farewells super shadow minister

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... member of the Shadow Ministry with the portfolios of financial services and superannuation, sport and assisting opposition leader Bill Shorten on small business.

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... net feed into ensuring good retirement incomes." The event was also addressed by federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens.

Bernie Ripoll to retire from federal politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
... for Oxley," he said. While the Labor Party has not nominated a candidate for Oxley yet, Brisbane City Council opposition leader Milton Dick could be nominated for the Oxley preselection, Fairfax Media reported. The Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

High earners to pay more tax soon

AAP  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... two%." For someone earning $200,000 that means paying an extra $400 in tax a year. For someone earning as much as Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on $380,000, the extra tax amounts to about $3800. The tax laws amendment package passed the lower house ...

Labor to oppose rise in pension age

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2014
Opposition leader Bill Shorten has said Labor will not support the government's bill to lift the Age Pension eligibility age to 70. As part of his budget reply speech in parliament yesterday, Shorten accused the government of 'haranguing' Australians ...

FoFA amendments undermine confidence in advisers: Shorten

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2014
The Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said that the government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation undermine confidence in financial advisers. Speaking to journalists in Brisbane today, Shorten said that "the government ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... three years should not be too big a shock to the electorate. Nevertheless, Jeremy Hanson, ACT liberal party and opposition leader said on ABC Radio that the challenge is how to accommodate people in physical industries unable to stay in the workforce ...

The scares that weren't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... around six months or that 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 ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... still one. You guy's are in the driver's seat now. So go and drive us forward. Leave opposing and criticising to Opposition leader Bill Shorten now. Look ma, Bill did! ALP leader Bill Shorten was quotes saying, "Over 60,000 full-time jobs have been lost ...