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One more vote needed for $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
Despite being dropped from the Senate program today, the Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions Bill could soon be a reality, with the government needing to secure just one more supporter. The Bill was supposed to be debated in the Senate today ...

Super funds squander member money: Bragg

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... Appearing at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia event, in which he engaged in a political debate with Labor member Daniel Mulino, Bragg criticised the level of self-interest both retail and industry funds have exhibited over the last ...

Sargon buyers announce execs, ditch Sargon name

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... Partners, as first reported by Financial Standard on May 1. He is also a founding shareholder in the company. Former Labor member of parliament Lindsay Tanner has been appointed the non-executive chair while BT veteran Sue Thomas will join as a non-executive ...

Labor supports FASEA extension, confusion remains

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
A financial adviser told Financial Standard he recently approached his local Labor member to ask that the party support the extension to the FASEA deadline, only to find it already does. Terry Pinnell, a financial adviser and chair of the Ethical Advisers' ...

New super Shadow Minister as PM acknowledges Labor's plans

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2015
New Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Jim Chalmers, said he will build on Labor's proud record in superannuation and advance a "more resilient, fair and competitive financial system." Chalmers joined several first-term Labor ...

Hockey accuses Labor of making "a mess" of FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... his portfolio at the time" when the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation was first tabled in Parliament. Labor Member of Parliament Bernie Ripoll asked the Treasurer during question time: "given that the [Financial Services Council] FSC now ...

Labor, Greens will "keep fighting" after FoFA backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments in the Senate last night "We are still in discussions to see what happens next," Labor Member of Parliament Bernie Ripoll told Financial Standard. Ripoll, who headed the original inquiry that resulted into the first ...

Speaker chaos could derail super reforms

... Appointment of speaker is a problem for the government because with the lower house numbers currently 76 to 74, if a Labor member is made speaker and say a division (vote) were called while Kevin Rudd foreign affairs minister was out of the country at ...

Aust federal politicians return to Canberra

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2004
Federal politicians return to Canberra today for what could be their last two-week sitting before a federal election. The key issue will be Labor\'s position on the free trade agreement with the United States, with a bitter debate expected at today\'s ...

FPA calls for full disclosure on Risk Products

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has rejected a parliamentary committee's recommendations to permit non-disclosure of commissions on risk products. The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services in a majority report ...
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