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Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... accusing the federal opposition of being communists and bowing to industry funds. A war of words broke out in the upper house yesterday when Liberals, who have been working for major retirement savings reforms, launched an attack against Labor. Queensland ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... of 80 seats, the largest since the 1987 polls - in the UK's 650-seat House of Commons. Assuming WAB passes the upper house, which it would, the UK will be formally out of the EU on January 31 this year before going on a transition period that'll ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
... Saturday in Tokyo. Pressure for a stimulus package has stepped up following Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's landslide Upper House election victory two weeks ago. The landslide win was the first election with the newly lowered voting that saw 18 year olds ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... grew by 11.4% over the 12 months to May from 4.4% in April. Japan machinery orders It's just as well that Japan's upper house elections over the weekend produced a decisive outcome given the continued deterioration in the country's economic fundamentals. ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... Government gave notice of a motion in the Senate to reinstate the grandfathering provision by seeking the support of the upper house. The agreement between the Coalition and Labor gives the government the numbers to pass the regulation through the Senate. ...

Parliament passes temporary tax levy

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... Bernardi, who opposed the measure, were not required to take a formal position because the legislation passed the upper house on the voices on Tuesday.

Senate Economics Committee to hold inquiry on FoFA bill

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2014
... period, due to start in mid-May. The Senate inquiry will start after the bill is voted upon in the lower house and the upper house will debate and vote on the bill once the Senate Economics Committee report is presented on June 16. The Corporations Amendment ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... have to do a deal with the Greens and the independents - which are looking likely to hold the balance of power in the upper house when the final votes are counted - to get these taxes scrapped. But that's no problemo for Tony.A In fact, it's a win-win ...

ECT relief should apply to non-concessional contributions: SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2013
... executive Andrea Slattery. Amendments to the Fairer Taxation of Excess Concessional Contributions legislation passed the upper house last week, allowing members who exceeded the concessional contribution limit to withdraw the funds after 1 July. The ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2013
... Berlusconi's party. It then swung sharply down to a loss of 0.3 per cent after polls showed the centre-right ahead in the upper house Senate, meaning a coalition would be necessary, only to finish the day up 0.73 per cent to 16,352 points. The euro had ...
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