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Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... increase the pension age to 70 by 2035. The plans were first announced in the 2014-15 Federal budget by then-Treasurer Joe Hockey. "We are pleased that the Morrison government has abandoned Coalition plans to increase the pension age," Linden said. "Forcing ...

Reform summit must keep momentum: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2015
... fixing the safety net feed into ensuring good retirement incomes." The event was also addressed by federal Treasurer Joe Hockey, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten and Reserve Bank Governor Glenn Stevens.

The man with the golden jawbone

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... a little while there, I was ready to give that knighthood to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot and his Treasurer Joe Hockey for turning "Bloody Monday" around into a "Bounce back Tuesday" and a "Top up Wednesday". Why so? Why so is because they succeeded ...

Consensus emerging on Tax White Paper

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has reminded a business forum that the Tax White Paper is about how the government collects tax, not how much. Hockey told the PwC Tax Reform Forum in Melbourne yesterday that more than 800 submissions on the Tax White Paper ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... fear du jour - Grexit - it was downhill from there. Not even the positive reception to Australian Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's second Budget nor the RBA's May interest rate reduction could get it back up again. Certainly gives meaning to that aged-old ...

Treasury extends tax debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced the submissions deadline for the Tax White Paper will be extended by six weeks to July 24. Hockey said that this was because of the "strong public response" to the whitepaper along with "stakeholder interest in the ...

Government to invest in fintech security

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... transactions, including a voice biometric, Minister for Communications Paul Fletcher announced. This follows Treasurer Joe Hockey's comments during the release of the 2015 Budget that the Government would assist in funding both a central online portal ...

Better than the big boys

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... it if you tried. Then again, perhaps you would if you instead read about the relapse of Australian Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey's "foot in mouth disease" and you don't want to read no more, no more, no more. But I digress. It's May's big bounce in Australian ...

Treasury to simplify foreign investment framework

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... how to "modernise" and strengthen the integrity of Australia's foreign investment framework. This follows Treasurer Joe Hockey's comments in his 2015 Budget speech where he proposed "introducing a new fee regime, better enforcement and stricter penalties" ...

Economist asleep over budget investment market impact

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... causing a bond crash. Interest rates are going to stay very low," Oliver said. He disagreed with federal treasurer Joe Hockey's lowered iron ore price assumption of $48 as "in the last few weeks it has bounced back to $64 but you could argue the supply ...
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