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Super debate heats up ahead of Budget

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2013
... public because of its earlier lobbying work for environmental causes, is reacting to comments made by prime minister Julia Gillard that super should be made "fair" and "sustainable", clearly placing the country's retirement system on the budget agenda. ...

Falling BRICs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2013
... me a firm believer in women's intuition though. After all the brouhaha, the majority of the caucus didn't desert Julia Gillard. Haha. Even KRudd deserted himself under the guise of "I believe in honouring my word" to never again challenge the Labor leadership. ...

Jobs a-plenty but not if Gillard could help it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... improvement in the domestic labour front in coming months. However, there's one big fly in that ointment and thy name is Gillard. In her bid to be liked and therefore voted in for another term, she has announced several policy initiatives over the past ...

Green, green grass of home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... Asian Financial Crisis of 1997/98, the bursting of the dotcom bubble in 2000, September 11, 2001, GFC of 2008...and Julia Gillard. The US has had two over that same period - one in 2001 and another in 2007-2009. Growth is relatively more stable in Australia ...

What Stronger Super?

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
Most people surveyed for research released yesterday by Mercer had never heard of the Gillard Government's Stronger Super or MySuper reforms. As the superannuation sector comes to grips with the changes that have overhauled the industry, Mercer's Superannuation ...

No fuss transition to 'no frills' super: Sunsuper

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... Superannuation Bill Shorten welcomed yesterday the first APRA authorisation. "This first authorisation is further evidence of the Gillard Government delivering on a major superannuation reform commitment made at the last election," Shorten said. "We ...

Don't meddle with super industry bodies warn Govt

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2013
... night's gala dinner at the SPAA conference in Melbourne also received an unsolicited letter from the prime minister Julia Gillard endorsing SPAA's efforts to champion the benefits of SMSFs.

Stop using super as political pawn: Narev

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2013
... win the election. Today shadow assistant treasurer Mathias Cormann entered the fracas by suggesting prime minister Julia Gillard "should stop treating peoples' retirement savings like an ATM to fund her wasteful spending." Narev suggested that this sort ...

Policy team reshuffles at ASFA

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2013
... executive Pauline Vamos. Against the backdrop of potential changes to the superannuation system being put forward by the Gillard Government and the Federal Opposition in the lead up to the September election, Vamos said ASFA was charged with making sure ...

Keep chasing architects of Trio collapse: Agencies

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2013
... community group would put forward a candidate for the federal electorate of Throsby as a result of its claims that the Gillard Government ignored incidents of financial fraud. Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) convener Paul Matters told Financial Standard ...