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Government rejects certain superannuation changes

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2004
... superannuation schemes are plundered due to fraud or theft. The amendment was part of Senate changes to the Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill, which was introduced last year to modernise and strengthen the protection regime surrounding superannuation. ...

Coonan calls on Latham to back portability regulations

... opposition's sake," Senator Coonan said. Labor has previously indicated it would also oppose the government's Superannuation Safety (Amendment) Bill, introduced to Parliament last week, with Senator Sherry describing it as 'weak and wimpy'. In conjunction ...

Labor again brands government super policy 'weak and wimpy'

Labor looks set to oppose the government's Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill, again branding the proposed legislation 'weak and wimpy' and accusing the government of failing to provide any policy detail. Shadow minister for retirement incomes and ...

New bill draws guarded support from KPMG

... superannuation arrangements, financial services consultant KPMG has predicted. KPMG welcomed the introduction of the Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill 2003 into Federal Parliament this week. It said the proposed legislation would require the vast ...

Coonan responds to Labor super initiatives

... assisting the Treasurer, Senator Helen Coonan, also said she expected the ALP to support the government's Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill. "It's difficult to see Labor's point when so much detail is lacking but what is evidently clear is Labor's ...

Simon Crean hails ALP as the 'Party of the Superannuants' at talk today

... are looking at ways of providing solutions. We would like to enhance superannuation growth through the underpinnings of safety and simplicity to superannuation members and the public." The main proposals of his talk today included full compensation for ...

Labor announces launch of book on simplifying the superannuation system

... of Australia (ASFA) annual conference in Brisbane. The first chapter of Labor's 'Security in Retirement: Simplification, Safety, Choice' focuses on the opposition party's retirement incomes policy. Senator Latham will give a keynote speech that will ...

Navigator launches new "safety" fund for cautious investors

... has announced the addition of a new fund designed to help shelter investors from the downside of turbulent markets. The Safety First Performance Fund is the first time that Navigator has added a capital protected fund to the range of funds available ...

Lenders could withstand substantial housing correction: APRA

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
... concerned," Dr Laker said. "This finding gives considerable comfort that the ADI sector remains able to protect depositors' safety over the medium to longer term. "For a few institutions, nonetheless, APRA has identified specific improvements that are ...

Labor endorses ACCC decision

... bill currently before the House of Representatives. If passed in its current form, the bill would undermine Australian safety standards and jobs, because it assumes Australia and New Zealand have the same level of safety and risk in aviation operations ...