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NAB and FPA back super in PPL

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... been told the federal government's first priority should be including super guarantee contributions in the Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme. Both National Australia Bank (NAB) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) put the PPL at the top of their ...

Budget speech 2014 -15

... leave the workforce to have children, we want you to have every opportunity to return to your career. Our Paid Parental Leave Scheme will help keep mothers engaged with the workforce. This measure will complement the changes to Family Tax Benefit Part ...

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... LISC will completely erode the retirement income gains expected to be realised from the Government's proposed Paid Parental Leave (PPL) scheme. "These manifold harms arising from the repeal of the LISC need not occur," it said. It also insisted that ...

Nearly 50% of woman to suffer under LISC dumping

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2013
... (MRRT). Among the suggestions were: cancelling the superannuation co-contribution scheme, and rejigging the paid parental leave (PPL) scheme. ISA said scrapping the superannuation co-contribution scheme - under which the Government adds 50% to after-tax ...

Women's retirement anxiety is increasing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... would need to be raised to 16% in order to cover gender inequity. This is one of the reasons the Coalition's paid parental leave scheme offers a partial solution by including superannuation in the six month paid leave compared to the former ALP government's ...

Coalition urged to rethink super slash costings

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... Friday, the day before the election. The Coalition's costings also estimate revenue of $4.4 billion from the paid parental leave (PPL) levy. Hockey's spokesperson said this would not be mitigated by franking credit refunds, reiterating the Coalition's ...

Coalition to save $1.6bn via SG delay

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2013
... 12,000 people, saving $5.2 billion over the budget forward estimates. Hockey also detailed the breakdown of the paid parental leave scheme to start in 2015. It is set to A cost $9.8 billion over its first two years, while scrapping Labor's existing scheme ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to hit Australia's charities

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2013
... Bowen maintained his attack on the Coalition's proposed 1.5% levy on business that is intended to cover the paid parental leave (PPL) scheme, calling it "a retrograde step of quite enormous proportions." Speaking this morning at a Financial Services ...

Abbott's PPL scheme to cost retirees $1.6 billion in hidden tax

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2013
Superannuants and lower-income shareholders could be coughing up $1.6 billion towards the Coalition's paid parental leave (PPL) scheme, it has emerged. The Coalition has said it will, in part, pay for the PPL through a 1.5% levy on business earnings ...

Abbott to announce levy details next week

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... leader Tony Abbott admits proposed business tax cuts for some companies will be offset by the coalition's paid parental leave levy. But Abbott says most will still be better off. Abbott has confirmed a coalition government will cut the company tax rate ...