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Govt selects Medicare to run national clearinghouse

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2009
... Medicare - but questions arise whether the healthcare agency is the right choice or a rushed decision. Superannuation minister Chris Bowen and small business minister Craig Emerson jointly announced this morning that starting July next year, small businesses ...

Super should not be compulsory: Cox

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... co-contribution scheme, along with a boost to age pension payments. Following this year's budget, then superannuation minister Nick Sherry, noted that the reductions were a response to the disproportionate superannuation tax benefits received by high ...

SMSFs beware the taxman

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... markets by neglecting their obligations under the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act. The former Superannuation Minister Nick Sherry and tax commissioner Michael D'Ascenzo have been warning repeatedly of their concerns about the poor standards ...

Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... superannuation away from just being seen as an extension of financial services, a shift initiated by the former superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry, and its re-alignment with broader retirement incomes policy. Chris Bowen is the Member for Prospect ...

Plain English works best: Suncorp

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2009
... templates to make them more reader-friendly, said Doyle. Suncorp's latest initiative will go down well with superannuation minister Nick Sherry, who has long advocated that super fund communications should pass the Burnie Pub test and not sound like ...

FPA recommends fee-for-service advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
... deductible). But the key, said Bloch, is that the FPA is responding to the challenge thrown last year by superannuation minister, Senator Nick Sherry, regarding finding solutions that will encourage the public to seek financial advice. "If we don't lead ...

Trustees should adopt system-wide policies: Sherry

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2008
Superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry urges trustees to adopt superannuation policies that will benefit the entire industry - dispelling the age-old notion that trustees only need to look after the welfare of their own members. Senator Sherry ...

New era in fee disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2008
... provisions of the FPA Rules of Professional Conduct," said FPA's deputy chief Deen Sanders. A spokesperson for superannuation minister Nick Sherry said the minister is pleased that the industry is "taking the initiative to improve structural issues that ...

APRA to review super fund stats

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2008
... people to exercise choice, they need information and that information needs to be accurate." Last week, superannuation minister Senator Nick Sherry submitted a proposal to the Industrial Relations Commissions suggesting employers should select their ...

Super funds to pass 'approved list'

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2008
... 'approved list'. In a document submitted to the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), the superannuation minister said that the 'award modernisation' process provides valuable opportunity to change the way unions and employers nominate their ...
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