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No greed, no fear, no volume

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2012
... for the RBA to slash interest rates by as much as 75 basis points. Perhaps it's the prospect that come next year, Federal Labor would be no more? Just a thought.

Record NSW election loss could slow federal reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2011
... lead by John Cain senior after his party split. The only swing surpassing it is the 22 swing against the Scullin federal Labor government in 1931 following the onset of the Great Depression. By way of comparison, the swing against the Whitlam government ...

Gillard Govt to tighten reverse mortgages rules

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... package, which includes greater protection for seniors with reverse mortgages. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Federal Labor recognises that special protections are needed for older Australians who are using equity in their homes to gain access to ...

Choice system to cost $90m: CitiStreet

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2008
... productive money and data exchange across the whole superannuation system. A "Super Clearing House" was proposed by the Federal Labor Party in mid 2006 and is currently on the agenda of the new Labor Government. A key aim of the proposed scheme is to ...

ALP's broadband funding comes under fire

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2007
The Federal Labor Opposition has come under fire for its plan to build a high speed broadband fibre to the node (FTTN) network covering 98 per cent of the population, with the $4.7 billion dollar project to be bankrolled by the Future Fund's remaining ...

Daily economic round-up

PETER BELL  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... in home ownership with 3,000 low to middle income earners, the national Labor spokeswoman for housing said that a Federal Labor government would initiate a similar scheme. Although construction projects worth about $100 billion were undertaken last year ...

Labor ripe for the picking on super; ASFA

Superannuation is in danger of being used as a "political honeypot" if the Federal Labor Party's policy proposals are enacted, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said yesterday. "Over $5 billion is being carved out of super ...

ALP stripping super to fund spending plans; ASFA

... Funds of Australia (ASFA) has joined with the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) in attacking the Federal Labor Party's tax package and superannuation policies released on Tuesday. Too little, too late was the response from ASFA to ...

IFSA slams ALP super policy

... worth of disappointment", the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has slammed the decision by the Federal Labor Party to abolish the superannuation co-contribution scheme. "Labor's proposed superannuation tax changes will be a disappointment ...

Labor in the cold on choice

... legislation in the Senate yesterday was received as good news by both major industry bodies while at the same time the Federal Labor party said the new laws would do nothing to encourage ethical investments. But the Investment & Financial Services Association ...
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