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Smokers' cough up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2013

Labor promises five-year freeze on super tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... concessional caps or super co-contribution benefits for low income earners, which under Labor are way too low, once the budget is in a strong enough position to afford it. Or no capacity to ensure the issue of excess contributions is properly addressed ...

Greens propose scaled super contribs tax

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2012
... the superannuation taxation subsidies is projected to be $152 billion over the next four years, according to the Budget papers. "It's time that we had a sensible discussion in the community about building a fairer tax system and helping people saving ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inept

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
... 'Can the taxpayer afford 'self-funded' retirement", reveals that within five years - according to the Commonwealth Budget Papers - the costs of the nation's superannuation taxation subsidies will climb to $45 billion and become the government's single ...

Untargeted tax subsidies inefficient

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
... taxpayer afford 'self-funded' retirement", where they reveal that within five years, according to the Commonwealth Budget Papers, the costs of the nation's taxation subsidies will climb to $45bn and become the government's single biggest expenditure ...

Uncertainly good or bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2012
... balance sheet. Double yippee! Wait there's more. They gave Madrid an extra year to - 2014 instead of 2013 - to reduce its budget deficit to 2.8% of GDP. According to reports, this would allow Spain to run a deficit of as much as 6.3% of GDP this year ...

You beauty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2012
... worth short and not bother you with the details. They're all over cyberspace. But if you want to go through the Budget Papers, you can read them on www.budget.gov.au. How Wayne could conjure a A$1.5 billion surplus and still manage to spread the wealth ...

A surplus in 2012/13, and then what?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2012
... Euromoney Magazine's "Finance Minister of the Year" (2011) Wayne Swan in May last year as he delivered the Australian Budget Papers. Back then, the Budget Papers show the government expects the underlying cash balance to fall from a deficit of A$49.4 ...

Future Fund not for sale: Wong

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... Minister Wong further said that the timing of the sale of these assets is a matter for the Future Fund and that the budget papers simply reflect the assets the Future Fund plans to hold going forward. "Any funds raised from the sale of non-financial ...

Budget bore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2011
... still haven't surfed through cyberspace or tuned in to your TV's or radios last night, here are the main points: The Budget Papers show the government expects the underlying cash balance to fall from a deficit of A$49.4 billion this fiscal year (3.6 ...