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Foreign MIS tax legislation delayed

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2012
... treasurer Mathias Cormann responded, claiming the federal government had misled constituents and caved to pressure from the Greens Party. In a statement yesterday, Cormann said "Business cannot invest with confidence when the government clearly has no ...

What price surplus?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2012
... warmed the seat Bob Brown vacated last week and she's already off to a firing start. Don't blame Julia and Swan (and the Greens?), they've been locked in into delivering the "promised" surplus by 2012/13. "It's actually Tony Abbott and the 'Juliar' community ...

AFA urges Independents to help change FOFA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... Canberra last week on the issue. "We met with the key advisers of Independents, we had forthright and honest dialogue with the Greens and the Government and we continue to have good ongoing dialogue with the Coalition," said Klippin. "After the release ...

Cutting super tax breaks unwise: SPAA

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2012
The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia has weighed into the industry debate on the Greens' call to raise the superannuation tax for high income earners. Green leader Bob Brown yesterday proposed a scaled tax on super contributions ...

Super tax concessions in spotlight

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2012
... Roundtable yesterday in response to ideas raised at the Tax Forum in October last year. Pressure has been mounting from the Greens to scale back superannuation tax concessions on the basis they unfairly advantage higher income earners. The announcement ...

Manufacturing's Gerry Harvey moment

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... Australian dollar and within a week celebrity union leader Paul Howes was calling for 'buy Australian' incentives. The Greens and other parts of the union movement quickly followed suit demanding yet another government review and reintroduction of protectionism. ...

Commonwealth trustee reforms passes Senate

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2011
... thousands of military and civilian scheme members," said Senator Wong. The set of legislation passed with the support of the Greens, Senators Steve Fielding and Nick Xenophon, and a number of independents, but the Opposition did not back the changes. ...

AFA meets Independents, Greens, Shorten adviser

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has met with the key independent MPs, the Greens and the adviser to the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, to discuss reforms for the advice industry. Chief executive of the ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
... of power in the Government would change. The Senate would move from Coalition to Labor control with the support of the Greens, he said. But the House of Representatives would be in the hands of the independents. "The Coalition together with Tony Crook ...

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... export earning powerhouse of Western Australia doing the same in 2008. The federal government, in co-operation with the Greens, will nonetheless take control of the Senate on 1 July, ensuring smooth passage of the Budget and other reforms such as the ...