Speeches

Introduction It is a pleasure to be with you today and to talk on the Government's superannuation and retirement income policies.

I join with other Governors in welcoming, most warmly, Palau as a member of the Fund and the Bank and as a member of Australia's constituencies.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, Mr Vunibobo, Mr Levi, other Ministerial colleagues, Ambassadors and Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Introduction Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today to launch the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia 'Blue Skies' Blueprint for National Retirement Incomes

Mr Chairman, Mr President, Governors and Delegates,

Introduction Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a pleasure to be here today to launch the Australian Taxpayers' Association's new information service dealing with Do It Yourself Superannuation,

Mr Wes McMaster, National President of the FPA, Mr David Butcher, CEO, Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for inviting me to speak to you this evening.

Change has been a characteristic feature of Australia's superannuation industry.

It is a great pleasure for me to address this audience tonight.

Introduction Thank you Alan Rassaby.

Introduction I expect that there rarely has been as topical a time for the annual CEDA economic and political conferences as this year's.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very pleased to be here with you today. What we - that is the Government and the Tax Office, hope to achieve from this conference is to: