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Future of LISC in Palmer's hands

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... letter is part of a sustained campaign led by not-for-profit funds to retain the LISC, which is part of the Mineral Resources Rent Tax which is being repealed by the government. Industry Super Australia recently released a video explaining the issue ...

Wanted: $20bn electricity investor for NSW

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... an outright asset sale but the right to lease 49% of the value of the infrastructure which electricity suppliers will then rent from the new partial owner. They will also have to distinguish between urban and regional distribution traffic. NSW premier ...

UniSuper still fighting Westfield change

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2014
Westfield Retail Trust's main shareholder, UniSuper, has likened a $70 billion restructure of shopping centre assets to getting the wrong piece of fruit. UniSuper, which holds an 8.5% stake in WRT, has opposed the restructure of assets that are jointly ...

Inquiry recommends MRRT and LISC be scrapped

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2013
... looks set to be scrapped following the Senate Economics Legislation Committee's recommendation that the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) and Other Measures Bill 2013 be passed. In its report to the government yesterday, the committee said it viewed ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The government has indicated that it may be open to finding other sources of funding to prevent the scrapping of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC). Industry bodies including Industry Super Australia (ISA), the Association of Superannuation ...

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... reconsider its repeal of the low income superannuation contribution (LISC) in their submissions on the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013. The LISC compensates individuals for the 15% contributions tax paid on their ...

Should super have its own regulator?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2013
... transparent. Another aspect deserving the inquiry's attention was the fact that, in his words, Australia was a "nation of rent seekers" - a tendency he said needs to be 'stamped out'. "It may well be that there are a whole lot of people in the financial ...

Parliament to address large financial services agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... the inquiry will start in early 2014. At the same time, the Coalition will table the Exposure Draft Mining and Resources Rent Tax Repeal and Other Measures Bill 2013, which plans to repeal Labor's low income superannuation contribution (LISC). The legislation ...

La Trobe launches SMSF loan product

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2013
Credit Specialist La Trobe Financial has launched a new self-managed super fund (SMSF) loan product, allowing borrowers to buy residential, retail, commercial or rural property. La Trobe said launched the new product, which offers finance at 5.6%, in ...

Nearly 50% of woman to suffer under LISC dumping

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... number of alternative ways of funding the LISC, which under Labor was funded by the soon-to-be-scrapped mining and resources rent tax (MRRT). Among the suggestions were: cancelling the superannuation co-contribution scheme, and rejigging the paid parental ...