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Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... MJ). Look ma, they have! According to Joey, the bad job stats were the ""unfortunate reality of six years of Labor government". True - unemployment is, after all, a lagging indicator - but c'mon Joey, you must have been in Opposition so long that you ...

Government releases FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013
... financial advice laws ahead of the Son of Wallis inquiry. "A number of concessions were made by the previous Labor Government to the banks and financial planners before the current laws were passed in 2012," ISA chief executive Davit Whiteley said. "These ...

Cap scrap leaves tax abuses unanswered

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... self-education expense deductions, but the measure leaves concerns about taxpayers' abuse of the system unanswered. The Labor government introduced a cap of $2,000 on tax deductibility for self-education expenses after concerns that some were abusing ...

Government removes self-education cap

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... The Coalition government has removed the cap on tax deductibility of self-education expenses introduced by the Labor government in July. "With the vast bulk of claims for self-education expenses coming from those earning less than $80,000, this was a ...

NSW govt to reconsider Pillar privatisation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... have been discussed, private competitors such as Superpartners and AAS are obvious contenders. In 2008 the then Labor government attempted to sell Pillar for $70 million, but found no takers. However, the asking price now is expected to be considerably ...

Bowen and Cormann at odds over adviser enshrinement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Mathias Cormann. "An important priority for a re-elected Rudd Labor Government will be to ensure that legislation to enshrine the term financial planner is passed through the parliament as rapidly as ...

Election too close to call

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
With Treasurer Chris Bowen's campaign influencing declaration that a re-elected Labor government wouldn't make any significant changes to policy affecting the nation's superannuation savings still being digested by conference delegates, the Financial ...

Labor pledges five-year freeze on super tax

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013
A re-elected Labor government would make no changes to superannuation for five years and aims to enshrine a policy in law that would make future changes possible only once every five years hence, Treasurer Chris Bowen said. The Treasurer unveiled a ...

Labor promises five-year freeze on super tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... population ages. "The five-year freeze, which commences immediately, means Australians can feel confident that under a Labor Government, the rise to 12% super, increased concessional caps and the tax cut for workers earning up to $37,000 will not be ...

Labor and Libs joust over small business super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2013
... Estate Institute of Australia calling it "a sensible move." The seeming popularity of this policy has prompted the Labor government to talk up its alternative scheme: the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House. The Clearing House uses Medicare ...