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Super council won't prevent Labor tax raids

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2013
... against the Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability. However, in a joint statement with Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann and Hockey dismissed the government's measures. "So, the Labor Party tinkers with superannuation then pretends ...

Stop using super as political pawn: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... forced to clarify that the coalition would not rescind the reforms if they win the election. Today shadow assistant treasurer Mathias Cormann entered the fracas by suggesting prime minister Julia Gillard "should stop treating peoples' retirement savings ...

Govt to pay interest on lost Super funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... government will be able to accrue valuable income by investing the cash while it lies dormant. However, shadow assistant treasurer Mathias Cormann has criticised the reforms describing them as a 'cash grab'. "This is another demonstration that this Labor ...

Labor's $30bn secret super tax plan revealed

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann is calling on Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten to come clean to Australians that they have to pay $30 billion in increased super taxes to assist the Labor government to pay for its $120 billion budget black ...

AFA conference boasts biggest turnout in 20 years

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2012
... industry leaders such as Craig Meller AMP FS, Jeremy Cooper Challenger, and Senator Mathias Cormann Shadow Assistant Treasurer. Between them, they'll be addressing the key issues of the year, including FOFA implementation, the blooding of new talent ...

Super governance Bill passes amid cries of favouritism

BEN COLLINS, MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... ignored others which are as important. In a statement yesterday a spokesperson for Mathias Cormann, shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services and superannuation claimed that a scale test helped "union dominated" industry super ...

No roadblocks to success: Cormann

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
Mathias Cormann, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, came out swinging yesterday, accusing the Federal government of implementing "chaotic and unpredictable" regulations. Cormann swore a "blood oath ...

Speculation grows on super tax breaks

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2012
... to marginal tax rates. The federal opposition appears to have been blindsided by the move as while shadow assistant treasurer Senator Mathias Cormann issued a statement this morning decrying any possible dampening of superannuation tax breaks, shadow ...

Default super inquiry receives positive response

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... "not transparent, not competitive and inappropriately favours union dominated industry super funds". Shadow Assistant Treasurer Mathias Cormann also said the process shouldn't take as long as eight months. "The government should also amend its My Super ...

Industry funds not our focus: Cormann

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... gathered to hear from the Opposition on the introduction of reforms in the advice industry. Senator and shadow assistant treasurer, Mathias Cormann, received a warm reception when he addressed delegates yesterday at the Association of Financial Advisers ...