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Govt needs six votes to pass pension changes

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
... 2035, and indexing it to inflation rather than wages. The Coalition will also reportedly need four more votes to pass its Medicare $7 co-charge policy. Currently it has the support of the Liberal Democratic Party and Family First. It is understood that ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... assistance rates will be kept at the same level for two years. Thresholds for the Private Health Insurance Rebate and most Medicare fees will also be paused. Surprisingly, around three-quarters of families receiving family assistance receive both Part ...

Advisers dismiss Medicare-style advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Matthew Rowe has dismissed the idea of introducing a Medicare-style financial planning service, saying it would be too expensive. The idea was put to a panel of advisers and clients at the FPA Inaugural Professionals ...

Rudd promises to expand Super Clearing House

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... employees. It allows employers to send superannuation payments directly to the Clearing House, which processes them using Medicare infrastructure. Labor said the expansion of the Clearing House will cost $4.8 million over the forward estimates. They ...

Taxes, levies and fees

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013

Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... government to talk up its alternative scheme: the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House. The Clearing House uses Medicare infrastructure to administer small business super contributions. In a statement, Treasurer Chris Bowen said it "takes the ...

Budget 2013-14 wrap up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
The headlines for the sector are that the superannuation changes announced on 5 April 2013 have been confirmed, the Medicare levy will increase by 0.5% from next year to offset the cost of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), some future tax ...

Financial markets give the budget a big yawn

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
... anything wrong with that - some of the budget measures were, in fact, commendable. But aside from the 0.5% increase in the Medicare levy, the Gonski education reforms, and DisabilityCare - all locked in - almost everything else is up on the air and given ...

Something's gotta give

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... to 6 January 1996. Back then they were negotiating over funding for education and the environment, public health and Medicare. It could be worse this time because failure to compromise would mean that contractionary fiscal policies would be automatically ...

A stock market rally could get Obama over the line

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2012
... felt at sector level - particularly healthcare and financials. If Obama wins, Stevenson says that companies supporting Medicare and Medicaid will benefit (including pharmaceutical companies), while private health insurance companies will lose out. If ...