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FoFA regulations paused, but legislation will go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... to the amendments. This means FoFA will probably be fully in place for at least a period after 1 July. However, in July Labor will lose seven seats in the Senate and the Coalition will lose four, meaning no single party will hold the balance of power. ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... decision to pause the regulations "was taken last Friday." The government faced criticism in the media and from the Labor party for watering down parts of the legislation that were aiming squarely at promoting consumers best interests. Shadow Financial ...

Ageing population threatens welfare system: Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... system is able to cope with that in a sustainable basis," he added. Hockey said that the Coalition supported the Labor Party plan to rise the pension age from 65 to 67 by 2023 and said he wanted it to be raised even higher. "Whether it is the health ...

In praise of the gloom and doomers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2014

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BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013

John Hewson calls for overhaul of superannuation system

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... Management John Hewson wants the new government to conduct an overhaul of the superannuation system to loosen the Labor Party's grip on the sector. The former politician and economist told Financial Standard that the superannuation industry is weakened ...

30 days hath September

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2013
... those in Tokyo by 1.4% and in Australia by more than 1%.A Too bad for Wall Street, it was celebrating a party of its own, Labor Day. And to think Virginia, we've been talkin' bout - nah, parroting - the aged-old observation that September is statistically ...

Who do you trust?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

FSC lobbies Rudd for last minute FoFA delay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2013
... Lunch event in Sydney, FSC chief executive John Brogden said he'd seized on the opportunity presented by the dramatic Labor party leadership spill to contact Rudd and ask for the delay. "These reforms are wider and deeper than any reforms seen in the ...

Dissenting Coalition TASA report could impact independents

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... independents," Anderson said. Independent MPs will have the key to wether or not the TASA bill is amended, as the Labor Party needs independent votes to pass it. However, a dissenting report from the Coalition could make independents move to a different ...