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Government's latest super bills face criticism from opposition

... high-income earners and co-contribution to low-income earners has led to further debate at the Federal level, with opposition ministers criticising the new bill. For its part the Federal Government has said that the passage of the superannuation surcharge ...

PSS to convert to accumulation scheme

... any additional comment, while Steve Gibbs, PSS chief executive officer, is currently travelling overseas. The federal opposition immediately labelled the government's move a 'backflip', claiming it was in contravention of an earlier government commitment ...

Labor marks Anti-Poverty Week with new proposals

The Federal Opposition Labor party will mark Anti-Poverty Week with a commitment to convene a national summit on poverty and inequality and set targets for income, employment, health, education and community services as part of a whole government strategy ...

Labor proposes stronger corporate disclosure measures

Senator Stephen Conroy, the deputy opposition leader in the senate and the shadow minister for financial services and corporate governance, has said that the self-regulatory approach of the Government is incapable of tackling unbridled corporate greed ...

Higher budget surplus has little economic implications: HSBC economist

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2003
... the government was likely to stick to its promise to give back surpluses in the form of tax cuts, thus denying the opposition a big surplus to make election spending promises with. "I think we can be reasonably confident that we will see some tax relief ...

Government confident of garnering Democrats support for unfair dismissals bill

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2003
... Australian Democrats voted against it when it went into the Senate recently I don't assume they will maintain their opposition, because something which has always been a tradition of the Democrats is to prefer national to state-based systems." Labor ...

Senate rejects super portability regulations

... proposed regulations would have led to an increase in the current 25 million accounts for nine million fund members," opposition retirement incomes spokesman Nick Sherry said in a statement. But Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan said she was close to ...

Colonial First calls for Lend Lease meeting to vote on PREIA

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2003
... Estate Investors (Australia) Ltd (PREIA) become responsible entity of the trust. The Colonial/PREIA proposal is in opposition to Lend Lease's deal to transfer the management of the trust to Morgan Stanley under a sale agreement that was signed more than ...

Senator Coonan claims Labor's Senator Sherry has 'hole in his logic'

... assistant treasurer, fired her own broadside in the continuing saga of verbal battles between her office and that of opposition Senator Nick Sherry, in replying to recent criticism by Senator Sherry, by claiming that there is a "hole in his logic". "Senator ...

Democrats round on government portability regulations

... month by Senator Helen Coonan, Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer. Similar to the response of the federal opposition, the Democrats argue the regulations will increase costs, pre-empt the choice of funds regime with inadequate consumer protection ...