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Retirement income paper open for consultation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... super fund. The idea of introducing a retirement income covenant has been floating around for some time now. February saw Minister of Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer set up nine-person advisory group to help establish the scope of a ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... about choices. Yet again, Turnbull has chosen the top end of town - and he's making you pay for it," he said. Shadow Minister for Finance Jim Chalmers reiterated Shorten's sentiments, adding any budget that gives "a handout to big business but hurts ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
What better to focus the minds of the Australian Prime Minister and Federal Treasurer than a general election coming to a theatre near us - no later than May next year. This time is not different. The government of the day is going out here, there and ...

Federal government responds to white collar crime Senate inquiry

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... deter misconduct and also ensure that those who do engage in misconduct receive appropriately harsh punishment," said the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O'Dwyer.

Government names AFCA board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... previously the co-director of House Homewares and an adjunct professor in RMIT University's school of business management. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer said she was "delighted to today announce four further appointments ...

SMSFs ramp up LRBA and property allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... Government recently announced it will expand the maximum number of members from four to six. Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer said the change will allow for greater flexibility given the strong growth the sector has experienced and ...

Government to increase SMSF member limit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... superannuation fund members from four to six - a proposal welcomed by the SMSF Association. Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer said the change will allow for greater flexibility given the strong growth the sector has experienced and ...

Royal Commission bad for super: Switzer

ALEX BURKE, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Switzer Group founder Peter Switzer argued that the Royal Commission is a "super-killing blood-sport" that will ultimately hurt super member balances. Writing in a Switzer Daily column, Switzer said he had mixed feelings about the Commission, arguing ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... politically it would have been better for us if we had done it years ago." These are the words from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull doing a "mea culpa" for waiting two years before establishing the Royal Commission investigating misconducts ...

Government targeted for delaying Royal Commission

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... unsurprisingly, much of the criticism was leveled by Labor and Greens politicians - although the former Deputy Prime Minister also expressed his regret for opposing it. In the past I argued against a Royal Commission into banking. I was wrong. What I ...