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Think tank calls to end super tax concessions

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... to high income earners while low income earners receive virtually no benefit. The report comes in light of Treasurer Joe Hockey's recent comments that the government may consider raising the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 to offset a blow-out in costs ...

FSC lobbies against super "7 year gap"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... superannuation so you can get the majority of your pension when you reach 67," Brogden explained. He spoke following Treasurer Joe Hockey's citation of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) recommendation that more countries should consider raising ...

Protection needed if pension age increased: AIST

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... by measures to protect older Australians who are unable to work longer. The statement follows a speech by Treasurer Joe Hockey during a conference in Washington. Hockey said that the number of retirees in Australia will double over the next few decades ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has issued veiled warnings that welfare spending and age pension structures will need to be changed say by raising the pension age to make them affordable. In a major speech he presented this week to the 'The Global Age of Responsibility ...

Michael Hintze to join Financial Systems Inquiry

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... Reference including technological change, Australia's global competitiveness and offshore regulatory frameworks, Treasurer Joe Hockey said in a statement this morning. Prior to founding CQS, Hintze held senior roles at CSFB and Goldman Sachs. He was ...

When saving goes bad

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
... We'll get a brand new spanking budget in about two months time but the wink, wink, nudge, nudge from Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey is that the government would be having a go at saving too. He told us that, "the age of entitlement is over", remember? ...

Ageing population threatens welfare system: Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey questioned whether the health and welfare systems could cope with the country's ageing population and asked for a debate about the cost of the age pension. Hockey spoke during the G-20 Finance ministers meeting that took place in ...

Blame it on the boogie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... others, gave the negativity in the latest jobs numbers an extra kick. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey must be wishing they "could blame it on the sunshine, blame it on the moonlight... blame it on the boogie" (thanks MJ). ...

Costello named Future Fund chair

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2014
... serving federal Treasurer from 1996 to 2007 and established the Future Fund in 2006. In a joint media release Treasurer Joe Hockey and Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann said "Costello's unique experiences and background at the most senior levels in ...

Sinodinos defends "speedy" FoFA legislation

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... said that is was a move to "get it out there as quickly as possible, and get on with it." "My remit from the Treasurer Joe Hockey and the Prime Minister Tony Abbott is that we get on with our election commitments," he said. This week, as part of its ...