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Shorten demands clarity of stance on SG rise

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has hit back at the opposition leader's comments on the superannuation guarantee increase, asking for a clarification of position. Last week's passage of the minerals resource rent tax legislation with changes ...

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 ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
Superannuation minister Bill Shorten has put himself and the government on a collision course with the union movement following repeated statements that the SG increase will not be funded by employers but by employees. Speaking yesterday at the OECD/IOPS ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
After being largely overlooked during the election campaign and in the scramble to form government, Resources Minister Martin Ferguson has put superannuation policy firmly back in the political spotlight. The Minister called on mining companies and ...

Resistance grows to SG increase

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2010
Opposition is growing to increasing the Superannuation Guarantee and the super funds industry has a major fight on its hands. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) said it rejects financial services industry claims that the SG increase ...

Macq predicts SG to top 9pc

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
... rising inflation levels. "One of the ways [Paul Keating] tried to address inflation is that in return for forgoing a wage increase, the unions agreed to take a super payment instead," said Goldston-Morris. "We would see a likelihood of one or more of ...

Job vacancies bull run falters

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2008
Job vacancies in Australia are finally responding to changing economic conditions falling 1.3 per cent in February to 180,300, the first time they've gone backwards in 11 quarters. The fall doesn't however yet signify an end to the job vacancy bull-run ...

Another rabbit out of the hat

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2007
On day one of the 'official' election campaign, the Howard government pulled one big rabbit out of the campaign hat with yet more tax cuts, this time to the tune of $34 billion over the next three years. No one voiced cynicism over the timing when Treasurer ...

Economic round-up: Wage wars

SUZY MAC  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... will equate to around $28 per week for approximately 12 per cent of Australia's workforce. The previous minimum wage increase seemed to have little or no impact on inflation, however, only time will tell whether another increase combined with tax breaks ...

Economic round-up: Money cant buy you love

SUZY MAC  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2007
... growth. As we know economic forecasting can be like weather forecasting. Recent median estimates of a 1.3 per cent wage increase missed the mark with the release of the latest wage price index as according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics the wage ...