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Division 296 legislation passes, LISTO to increase

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... new leader Angus Taylor and shadow treasurer Ted O'Brien have "failed this major test" by opposing the measures. "The Liberals and Nationals opposed this legislation which will deliver a more secure retirement for more than a million Australians, including ...

Shadow Minister for Financial Services Pat Conaghan resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... the issue. Conaghan's resignation from the shadow ministry comes as the relationship between the National Party and Liberals has hit breaking point, yet again. "National Party leader David Littleproud offered blanket resignations for all current ...

Chalmers and Bragg spar over $3m super tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... provision for defined benefit schemes, there are calculations, those calculations are very similar to the ones that the Liberals and Nationals put in when they changed superannuation in the last term of the government, and that will apply to the Prime ...

ANZ, Macquarie bring forward rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... short of predicting when the RBA would cut rates. "Headline inflation is now around a third of what we inherited from the Liberals. It's almost a quarter of its peak in 2022. In the last year alone, it has almost halved as well." But while market sentiment ...

Chalmers boasts inflation data, experts divided

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... demonstration of that progress," Chalmers said. "Headline inflation is now around a third of what we inherited from the Liberals. It's almost a quarter of its peak in 2022. In the last year alone, it has almost halved as well." Chalmers said headline ...

ACTU slams plans to Americanise the superannuation system

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... retirement savings and instead want to return to the bad old days where super was just for the well off," he said. "The Liberals froze workers' super when they had the chance, are planning to force workers to raid their retirement savings just to ...

Liberals respond to Federal Budget

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
Opposition leader Peter Dutton criticised Tuesday's Budget as highly irresponsible, arguing that the government has exacerbated inflation and incorrectly claimed that any further interest rate increases would be the responsibility of Anthony Albanese ...

NSW Premier promises 'future fund' for children

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2023
... South Wales will be given a dedicated savings fund worth up to $49,000 under a new government contribution scheme if the Liberals win the upcoming state election. Premier Dominic Perrottet said that the policy, which is expected to cost $850 million ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... amongst younger Australians." One of Bragg's solutions to this problem is to open super for housing by expanding the liberals 2022 election policy. Bragg called for a permanent system which allows Australians to take superannuation as wages during certain ...

Labor to push for YFYS stapling amendments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Stapling is expected to be the thorn in the Liberals' side when the Your Future, Your Super bill hits parliament next week, as shadow treasurer Stephen Jones digs his heels in on the start date and exclusions for members in hazardous occupations. ...
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