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Senator Conroy responds to ASIC chief announcement

Shadow Minister for Financial Services Senator Stephen Conroy today acknowledged the contribution made to the industry made by Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) chairman David Knott. Earlier today Mr Knott announced that at the ...

Federal, State and Territory governments to deal with property hustlers

... positive first step by all the parties to effectively tackle this problem," the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, said after the Ministerial Council on Consumer Affairs meeting in Sydney. He said the Federal Government maintained ...

Inaugural Inspector General of Taxation appointed for five-year term

... Government on problems in the administration of the taxation system. The Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, Senator Helen Coonan welcomed the appointment of Mr Vos to this newly created position. Senator Coonan said Mr Vos' practical understanding ...

Opposition launches biting criticism of Government's super policies

The shadow minister for retirement incomes, savings and consumer affairs - Senator Nick Sherry, has said that the gazetted regulations which allow so-called portability in superannuation are phoney and unsafe. In an announcement made today he said that ...

Government to call for national approach to property hustlers

... consistent approach to deal with property investment marketing hustlers. The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Senator, Ian Campbell, said consumers needed increased protection from marketers of seminars offering finance and property packages ...

ASFA describes Coonan's actions as "high-handed"

... due process, but also an "own goal," according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Last night Senator Helen Coonan, the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, took the extraordinary step of gazetting regulations on portability ...

Senator Sherry highlights the need for action on the back of poor super stats

The Shadow Minister for Retirement Incomes and Savings, Senator Nick Sherry, has said that poor returns, high taxes and corporate collapses are hurting superannuation fund members, citing new figures highlighting a continued decline in member contributions. ...

Coonan calls on Democrats to accept super reform

Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Senator Helen Coonan has said the Government remains committed to the superannuation issue, despite the Senate's rejection of the proposed reduction in the superannuation surcharge. "Both the surcharge reduction ...

Government releases draft legislation on asset financing tax reform

... comment, following intensive consultation with relevant key stakeholders, the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Senator Helen Coonan has announced. "The Government considers that the policy framework set out in the exposure draft legislation ...

ALP offers no suitable alternative on super bill: Coonan

Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Senator Helen Coonan has called the ALP's rejection of the Federal Government's superannuation surcharge legislation a "cynical stance by a party that has no comparable package of policies on offer". This ...