The current campaign against proposed changes to superannuation has little basis in reality.
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The Institute of Public Affairs was founded by rich men with rich men’s interests at its core, albeit with obligatory nods to the national interest.
Tony Abbott has been low key so far this election, spending much of his time campaigning in his own electorate, with some visits to MPs who invite him.
The only problem with an appeal to fairness is there is no single understanding of what the word means.
Smaller super funds are just as efficient as some of the very largest, bucking industry belief that biggest is best.
NATSEM’s analysis of the Government’s super tax could easily mislead.
Modelling the proposed superannuation policies on gender has revealed unintended consequences.
It’s not like the dark cloud of Kevin Rudd over Julia Gillard in 2013 but Tony Abbott’s shadow is hovering over Malcolm Turnbull’s campaign. It was there ominously on Wednesday, when the Prime Minister…
The government made many sensible changes to superannuation tax breaks in the budget. But the move to more flexible annual caps on pre-tax contributions is not one of them.
Lots of changes affect investments made in the past, and no-one suggests they are retrospective.
In response to the government's pre-election budget, Labor's Shadow Assistant Treasurer Andrew Leigh, a former professor of economics, describes an alternative economic plan.
An ideological view and a powerful lobby group stopped the government from delivering a better budget.
Budget superannuation changes redirect concessions to lower income earners where they are most needed.
This budget focuses on jobs and growth, but has little in it to redress women’s entrenched inequality.
Budget repair was put off till later, and the net impact of decisions in the budget was small, but it will be easier to defend in the coming election campaign than some other recent efforts.
Wins for small business; significant superannuation reform; multinational tax avoidance addressed; and more.
What a paradox! This is an election-eve budget without big sweeteners to woo the voters.
The Turnbull government has promised company tax cuts to stimulate investment and action to prevent middle-income earners moving into a higher tax bracket, in a budget that will launch its election campaign.
“Are you nervous?” journalist Laurie Oakes asked Scott Morrison two days before the treasurer brings down his first budget. Morrison didn’t answer that but he has every reason to be anxious. As he keeps…
Combining a lower repayment scale with a super option would allow for earlier repayment of HELP loans and greater flexibility for graduates to manage living expenses early in their careers.
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