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ALP leadership issues will delay FOFA: Chikarovski

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2012
... organistion would continue lobbying both sides of Parliament in addition to the Independents in the lead-up to the lower house debate, with their focus on the issue continuing to be the unnecessary red-tape.

Government confirms super guarantee age limit abolished

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2011
... Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten has confirmed that the amendment to abolish the age limit made it through the Lower House last week, despite the Opposition voting against it. The new legislation means that from July 2013, up to 51,000 eligible workers ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
Leading superannuation bodies have welcomed the passage of the mining tax package through the lower House, which paves the way for the Superannuation Guarantee hike from 9 to 12 %. The 30 % tax on coal and iron ore profits, which successfully made it ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2011
... is a good thing for investors," she said. Ms Cox said the announcement that the carbon tax had been passed in the lower house and was expected to pass the Senate, had also given investors a bit more certainty after a lengthy political debate. "Uncertainty ...

Politicians spar over future of superannuation guarantee

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... 12%. He issued a press release gleefully advertising that the opposition's shadow treasurer Joe Hockey had told the Lower House that the Coalition "strongly supports superannuation". "If you really support superannuation... Do you support the Gillard ...

Oakeshott won't back FOFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Independent and Lower House balance MP Rob Oakeshott has told reporters that he won't back the FOFA opt-in reforms; raising doubts whether the whole advice reform package will make it past its first parliamentary hurdle. Oakeshott wavering on the FOFA ...

Planners risk trouble opposing FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
... superannuation. He also told planners how to lobby Independents to block the legislation proposed by the Government in the Lower House. But Whiteley said this would ultimately hurt planners. He pointed to comments by Jenni Mack, chairwoman of consumer ...

Budget 2011: "Benign" Budget a relief for finance sector

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... cut in the company tax rate. It is believed the Government needs the support of four of the six independents in the Lower House to pass the bill. Pauline Vamos, chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia, said the time was ...

Coalition introduces bill to abolish SG age limit

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2011
... the government is allowed to introduce money appropriation bills into the Senate, no such inhibition exists in the lower house. What would happen even if the bill passed the lower house therefore remains unclear. The SG age limit initiative reinforces ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

... that includes a more independent speaker. Appointment of speaker is a problem for the government because with the lower house numbers currently 76 to 74, if a Labor member is made speaker and say a division (vote) were called while Kevin Rudd foreign ...