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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2013
... to 3,823.83. In Portugal, traders also welcomed a last-minute political deal to avert the collapse of the coalition government. The euro rose to $US1.2864 from $US1.2832 late in New York on Friday, when it had also briefly dived to $US1.2806, the lowest ...

Super industry leaders weigh up Rudd's new cabinet

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2013
... time of writing. Neither Mathias Cormann's or Tony Abbott's office responded to inquiries as to whether a Coalition government would return the financial services and superannuation portfolio to cabinet.

Coalition super plan to harm retirees, low income earners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST). Last night Opposition Leader Tony Abbott announced in his budget reply speech that a Coalition government would delay the SG increase by two years. AIST chief executive Tom Garcia said delaying the lifting of the compulsory ...

Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... announcing delays or suspension of superannuation intitiatives that were meant to be funded from taxes that a Coalition government intends repealing should it win office. These initiatives are the increase in the superannuation SG rate from 9% to 12% ...

Abbott government to index military pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... opposition leader Tony Abbott vowed to index military retirement pensions if elected next year. "An incoming coalition government would finally offer a measure of justice to ex-service personnel by properly indexing defence pensions and would deliver ...

Super to eclipse banks as primary lender: Cooper

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2012
... infrastructure needed to make it work successfully. Earlier this week Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey promised a coalition government would investigate the infrastructural risks associated with any future role played by super in funding both business and ...

Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... and growing government revenue." Whole the current Coalition sees the tax reform as important, the previous Coalition government saw the issue as low priority.

Coalition releases super manifesto

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2012
... superannuation policy manifesto for the 2013 federal election. In a statement, Senator Cormann said a future the Coalition government will introduce a national superannuation clearing house through the Australian Taxation Office, expand competition in ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... the country in the euro zone, into power on the weekend. The party immediately proposed forming a pro-euro coalition government, easing, at least briefly, deep fears that the election would unleash an economic tsunami. As central banks stood ready to ...

Eurozone to craft a reforms roadmap

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2012
... second in an inconclusive election in which no party was able to either win an overall majority or broker a coalition government. But voters fed up with salary and pension cuts shifted their loyalties to more radical parties. The June 17 vote will determine ...