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Shorten loses superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
Bill Shorten has retained his workplace relations portfolio but is no longer Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, following Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's announcement of his new cabinet. He has been given responsibility for school education ...

Coalition pledges support for super laws amendments bill

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... transferred to a MySuper product in another fund as a result of the MySuper Reforms," Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten said in Parliament yesterday. Speaking on behalf of the Shadow Treasurer, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Tax Reform Tony ...

Excess super contributions amendments pass House of Reps

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2013
... Taxation of Excess Concessional Contributions legislation has passed the lower house. Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten's office said the legislation is expected to go before the Senate late next week, and will become law before the close of Parliament. ...

Government to table concessional contributions bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2013
... earners who inadvertently breach the concessional contributions cap," Financial Services and Superannuation minister Bill Shorten said. "They will be taxed at their marginal tax rate rather than the top marginal tax rate," Shorten said. At the moment ...

Shorten maps out government super legacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
Bill Shorten, minister for Superannuation and Financial Services, has used a speech to a Financial Services Council (FSC) dinner at Parliament House in Canberra to assertively defend the government's reform record on superannuation. Shorten listed a ...

Government to hold public forums on Super Charter

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The Federal Minister for Superannuation Bill Shorten has encouraged interested parties to attend a public forum on the future Charter of Superannuation Adequacy and Sustainability. The Gillard government announced its intention to create the Super Charter ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten has used the passing of the Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (2013 Measures No 1) Bill 2013 into the House of Representatives to slam the Opposition's plans to delay an increase in compulsory ...

Government to update More Super calculator

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... announcement of the update came from Treasurer Wayne Swan and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten, and will draw attention to one of the government's key policies in the lead up to the election. Calling Labor the "party of ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... "financial planner" under law for the protection of consumers. The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten released legislation for enshrinement in November 2012 and in March this year, government introduced legislation for "financial ...

Govt loses, then wins vote on super legislation

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... representatives on certain boards was no longer appropriate in the 21st Century," Cormann said. "We are disappointed that Bill Shorten and the Labor Party continued to resist our efforts to achieve this important reform to improve superannuation in the ...