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ASMA dismayed by proposed super hikes

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
... super tax hikes, according to the Australian Self Managed Super Fund Members Association (ASMA). Yesterday Treasurer Wayne Swan confirmed that the Gillard government is considering closing the door on "excessively generous" superannuation tax breaks ...

APRA appoints new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2013
Treasurer Wayne Swan has announced that Wayne Byres will become the chair of the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA). Byres became the first Australian to be appointed secretary general to the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the ...

Super election infighting intensifies

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2013
... leadership spill, has said he would strongly appose any changes to superannuation and urged Julia Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan to reveal exactly what changes were planned. Crean said he'd never threatened to cross the floor on any issue in his long ...

Off the cliff and into the ceiling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2013
... policy of going abroad [supporting companies investing overseas]". Do you see that smile on Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan? He may be able to keep his "promised" budget surplus after all. For where China goes, there Australia shall be too - ...

FATCA discussions welcomed by FSC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2012
... Australian compliance with FATCA happens in a way that reduces its overall burden on Australian business, Treasurer Wayne Swan said in a statement on Wednesday. "This announcement has come at a critical time as the final FATCA regulations are expected ...

Too much ado over MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2012
... There is, however, one particular about the MYEFO that everyone agrees on - it's a fiddle. Australian Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan must be thanking those who discovered accounting and accountants. For without accounting's discovery he would have to rely ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2012
... dropped 1.52 per cent, the S&P500 slipped 1.66 per cent and the NASDAQ backpedalled 2.19 per cent. Locally, Treasurer Wayne Swan on Monday released an update to the May 2012/13 budget in which he said the budget surplus for this financial year would ...

Labor's $30bn secret super tax plan revealed

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2012
... of standing up for Australians doing the right thing by saving for their retirement, Shorten is hard at work helping Wayne Swan to design a $30 billion secret super tax plan. As revenue is lower than Swan's budget expectations, he said, spending is already ...

Star alignment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
... again - both because of the budget's implication on their revenues, the taxes they pay and concessions they get. While Wayne Swan and most reports stressed the "better-than-expected" result - a deficit of A$43.7 billion relative to the A$44.4 billion ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2012
... September share price index futures contract was up nine points at 4,398. In economic news on Wednesday, Treasurer Wayne Swan, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry and RBA assistant governor Christopher Kent speak at a conference in Canberra. The Westpac-Melbourne ...