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In the throes of change

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... of politics to articulate their agenda, with the Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Corman and Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen MP both speaking at the conference. With regulation front of mind for an advocacy organisation, one panel session will feature ...

Deal with government brings in consumer protection: Palmer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... could for the people of Australia," he said. Labor and the Greens said that would oppose the changes. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said that his party would seek another inquiry into FoFA. "This is a government desperate to water down protections for ...

Labor questions Murray, calls for another inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2014
... plans to examine financial advice scandals as part of the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) a "cop out." Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told journalists this morning that the government's proposal to deal with these issues within the FSI "is a cop out, a ...

New FoFA will not bring back old commissions: FactCheck

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
... legislation will not bring back old-style commissions, ABC's FactCheck program said, contradicting shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. FactCheck analysed Bowen's statement that changes to FoFA will bring back the type of commissions that encouraged financial ...

Budget a 'missed opportunity': ISA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... the 'inverted bid model' for green field infrastructure projects proposed by industry super funds. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen, however, called the infrastructure package "nothing more than an amateur con." While ISA opposed the changes to the Age Pension ...

Labor hopes to disallow FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... consultation." In a letter to Industry Super Australia chief executive David Whiteley, opposition treasury spokesperson Chris Bowen said the government's decision to push the amendments through simultaneously as legislation and regulation could potentially ...

Assistant Treasurer Sinodinos to stand aside amid ICAC inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Sinodinos' failure to comply. This motion was also supported by the Greens in the Senate. Yesterday, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said that Senator Sinodinos needed to "provide and full and proper account." However this morning, Attorney-General George ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Sinodinos has not yet complied. This motion is also being supported by the Greens in the Senate. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said that Senator Sinodinos needed to "provide and full and proper account." However Attorney-General George Brandis said that ...

Bowen's FoFA fears "complete rubbish": AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has slammed comments by Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen that proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation may make Storm or Trio Capital cases "more likely" as "complete rubbish." "The ...

Nearly 50% of woman to suffer under LISC dumping

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... is that they are inequitable, favouring the wealthiest at the expense of the poorest, a view which Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen also expressed yesterday. ISA suggested a number of alternative ways of funding the LISC, which under Labor was funded by ...