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Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... their goods is a whopping 65% -- and that's just the average. And then there's policy uncertainty -where the Gillard government announces it will flip and then does a flop. Likewise, higher interest rates maybe off the RBA's agenda for now but with expectations ...

China-Gillard tug o' war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2011
... interest rates, higher taxes, higher utility bills, reduced welfare spending, falling house prices and a confused Gillard government policy agenda, Australians are therefore increasing their savings instead. Australia's household savings ratio jumped ...

Westpac goes on attack against lost super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2011
... fees by the time someone retires. Bill Shorten, assistant treasurer and minister for superannuation, said the Gillard Government welcomed the Westpac initiative because with a mobile workforce it is very easy to lose track of some of your superannuation. ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... assistant treasurer Chris Bowen, are saying the swing was due to local NSW state issues, the problem for the Gillard government is that they have set down 2011 as the year of decision with major reforms planned for health funding, infrastructure development ...

SMSFs a blueprint for future super

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2011
From Better Super to Stronger Super and now future super, the Gillard Government endorsed self-managed super funds (SMSFs) as a model for retirement savings in the years to come. Speaking last night at the Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association ...

Shorten unveils advisory panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... professional standards and promoting confidence in the financial advice industry. This is a major component of the Gillard Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms," Shorten said. The members of the panel are as follows: Greg Medcraft, Commissioner ...

More voice needed in policy debate: AustralianSuper

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
... independents, to rank superannuation adequacy high on the agenda when negotiations took place around forming the now Gillard government. Silk called for SG to be raised from 9 per cent to 12 per cent as a matter of "utmost national importance".

Get on board super reforms: Shorten

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 1 NOV 2010
... bipartisan support for the government's proposed superannuation reforms. "I'd like to talk about the reforms the Gillard Government is committed to delivering for our superannuation system - and consequently, what we stand for. The bottom line is well-known ...

Align preservation and retirement age: DoFD

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... released its red book briefing prepared for the incoming government and like its Treasury cousin has warned the Gillard government that the current unlimited funding of superannuation benefits will eventually break the budget. The main problem, noted ...

Super back in the spotlight

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2010
... employers paying 10 per cent SG. And, a lot of workplaces pay even more than 10 per cent," she explained. The Gillard Government has promised to raise the Superannuation Guarantee from 9 per cent to 12 per cent in the upcoming parliament, a policy opposed ...