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Coonan responds to Labor super initiatives

... businesses with more red tape and without any real benefit. Minister for revenue and minister assisting the Treasurer, Senator Helen Coonan, also said she expected the ALP to support the government's Superannuation Safety Amendment Bill. "It's difficult ...

Recommitment to super issues being emphasised by federal politicians: ASFA

... cases, during the conference, we tried to set the agenda and in other cases we let Labor's Mark Latham and the Liberal's Senator Coonan deliberately set the agenda. Both clearly articulated superannuation as a savings vehicle, both as a personal savings ...

Superannuation, a key nation-building goal: Coonan at ASFA Conference

... Owner Research of employers of between 20 and 500 workers found that nearly half the employers already offered choice. Senator Coonan said that the keys to successful retirement savings for the growing ageing population of Australia include education ...

Costello appoints Ross Cameron to assist in financial market policy process

... investment and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the Productivity Commission. He said that Senator Helen Coonan, minister for revenue and assistant treasurer, will not have any changes made to her responsibilities.

FPA challenges ALP to pass "super choice" legislation before Christmas

... Way," released today by the Shadow Treasurer, Mark Latham, and the Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry. Ms Smith said superannuation was the second largest asset held by most Australians and on average totalled $56,000 ...

ALP launches new superannuation plan, emphasising simplicity

The Australian Labor Party's shadow treasurer Mark Latham and Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick Sherry have announced ALP's superannuation policies that are aimed primarily at simplifying the country's superannuation system. ...

Labor announces launch of book on simplifying the superannuation system

The Shadow Treasurer Mark Latham and Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings Senator Nick Sherry have announced the joint release of the first chapter of "Simple Super" on 13 November at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia ...

Labor critical of Challenger CEO's $21.2 million loan

The Deputy Opposition Leader in the Senate, Senator Stephen Conroy, has made a biting criticism of Challenger Financial Services Group's chief executive officer Chris Cuffe's request for a $21.2 million loan from the company. Senator Conroy has asked ...

Businesses asked to participate in international tax treaties: Coonan

... in the Australia/US Protocol, which came into effect on 12 May 2003. The Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Senator Helen Coonan said Australia now had an obligation to enter into negotiations with each of these eight countries with a view ...

ALP to lift veil on super strategy

ALP shadow treasurer Mark Latham will next week begin to spell out in detail the Federal Opposition's plans for the superannuation industry, as part of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia's (ASFA's) annual conference to be held in Brisbane. ...