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Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... during the past decade and is on track to reach $60 billion a year within a decade. Responding to this the previous ALP government has already put in place plans to raise the pension age to 67 over the coming decade suggesting that raising it another ...

Women's retirement anxiety is increasing

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... scheme offers a partial solution by including superannuation in the six month paid leave compared to the former ALP government's scheme that did not. Gender inequity in superannuation highlights a key failing in the Australian superannuation system ...

Govt bonds reach $237bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 2 APR 2012
... Australia's net foreign debt is meanwhile estimated by the Reserve Bank of Australia at $855 billion. Since the ALP government was elected in December 2007 it has increased 34%, compared to it's 134% increase during the Howard government's 11 year reign ...

Good not great

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2012
... 47.4 69.0 I leave you to form your own conclusions. Perhaps now with the leadership challenge out of the way, the ALP government can find its way, get on with its governing duties and provide a less uncertain direction for Australian equities.

Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... and inequitable cost of superannuation tax concessions, said Treasury in its Red Book briefing to the returned ALP government. Each election, Treasury prepares a briefing folder for both the government should they be returned, and the opposition, should ...
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