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Government caves to banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 NOV 2017
... of other inquiries be considered including the 44 recommendations made in the Financial System Inquiry in 2014. The Labor Party has been a strong supporter for a banking Royal Commission, with Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen making it clear it should extend ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... by landslide (Abenomics lives on); and closer to home, New Zealand's election stalemate ended with the opposition Labor Party forming a coalition government with New Zealand First (expected to lead to a change in the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's conduct ...

Government names new ASIC chair

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... John O'Sullivan. Reiterating his position that this would have been an "inappropriate appointment," Bowen said "the Labor Party and I did not make this decision lightly. We've given bipartisan support to appointments consistently. Even when, maybe, that ...

Successful advisers integrate estate planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... estate planning - what might be right for one client is not necessarily correct for another, Hacker said. With the Labor Party recently proposing it is cracking down discretionary trust tax loopholes, Hacker said this has small business owners concerned. ...

Labor unyielding on banking Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
The ambit of the Labor Party's proposed banking Royal Commission will extend to all elements of financial services should it be elected to office, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen told the FSC Leaders Summit. Bowen made it clear the proposed banking Royal ...

First home buyers: Devil is in the detail for super funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... mean that superannuation funds won't play a part in promoting the scheme to their members. "One of the reasons the Labor Party's First Home Saver Account failed was that it was complicated and the banks never really promoted the special accounts that ...

Financial dispute authorities combined for 'one-stop-shop'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... said. The government will be hoping the overhaul of the banking sector package will be enough to fend off calls by the Labor Party for a royal commission into the banking sector.

Treasurer opens the way for increased infrastructure spending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... government was alive to the risks of a hard landing in the housing market, that they must take care not to overact. "The Labor Party has proposed dangerous and dramatic changes on negative gearing with no thought or appreciation of the consequences," ...

Super SA appoints two board members

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... having been a federal senator for South Australia between 2005 and 2011. She was deputy leader of the South Australian Labor Party from 1997 to 2002; she retired from politics in 2011. She replaces Philip Jackson. Minister for Finance Tom Koutsantonis ...

Nationals senator not giving up on life insurance investigation

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... parliament, or if it's a hung parliament," he explained. "I'll be very happy to work with the cross-benchers and the Labor Party to see that we get this industry right for the betterment of Australians in the future. I don't think there will be any political ...