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Government's latest super bills face criticism from opposition

Following what has been one of the most significant passages of superannuation legislation in recent times, the Government's announcement of a cut in superannuation surcharge for high-income earners and co-contribution to low-income earners has led ...

Low income earners can boost retirement nest eggs: super funds

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2003
Lower income earners could retire with up to 70 per cent more in their pension funds if they took advantage of new superannuation rules, super funds said yesterday. Independent senators last night backed the government reforms following a stalemate ...

ASFA welcomes government's super co-contributions announcement

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has today welcomed the Federal Government's long-awaited co-contributions deal as a welcome and highly positive step towards improved retirement savings. "We are delighted to see that common ...

ASFA strongly argues in favour of a cut in super contributions tax

The elimination of the 15 per cent contributions tax on super in next year's budget would benefit the economic wellbeing of Australians and the nation as a whole, than another minor income tax cut, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds ...

Labour lashes out against government's 'phoney portability' of super

Labour's Senator Nick Sherry, the shadow minister for retirement incomes and savings, says the so-called portability mark II regulations gazetted last week by the Assistant Treasurer Helen Coonan are 'weak and wimpy'. "The size of the problem is well-known ...

Government scores superannuation hat trick: Coonan

The Government has secured another win for superannuation reform after negotiating another agreement with the Australian Democrats to support new portability regulations to facilitate the consolidation of superannuation from inactive accounts. "The ...

Jobless rate down, could go lower: Costello

WITH AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2003
The jobless rate stayed at a 13-year low of 5.8 per cent in September, new figures showed today, but could go lower according to Treasurer Peter Costello. Costello held a doorstop press conference in Canberra this morning to discuss the figures released ...

Labor proposes stronger corporate disclosure measures

Senator Stephen Conroy, the deputy opposition leader in the senate and the shadow minister for financial services and corporate governance, has said that the self-regulatory approach of the Government is incapable of tackling unbridled corporate greed ...

Government announces tax changes for overseas super

Significant changes to the taxation of superannuation transfers into Australia spell good news for individuals and superannuation funds, the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer Senator Helen Coonan announced today. "The changes will encourage ...

Government confident of garnering Democrats support for unfair dismissals bill

WITH AAP  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2003
The Commonwealth Government said that it was confident of winning the Democrats' support for its proposed changes to unfair dismissal laws, Workplace Relations Minister Tony Abbott said today. "I can assure you the government will reintroduce the bill ...