Media releases

A senior member of Tony Abbott's team has once again shown why Australians cannot trust the Liberal Party with their superannuation.

The Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten has today called for people to make safety their first priority during this period of extreme weather across parts of North East Victoria.

The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten introduced legislation into Parliament that empowers Australian consumers to identify genuine providers of financial advice.

Australians with multiple superannuation accounts in the same fund stand to benefit from legislation introduced into the Parliament today to the management of superannuation accounts.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, Wayne Swan, and Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, have introduced legislation today to further encourage the development o

Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, today announced the next step in enabling accountants to offer a wider range of services through regulations to replace the account

The popular online tool SuperSeeker has been improved to allow people to see and do more with their super.

The Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten today called for people to put safety issues first during the latest series of floods and storms affecting New South Wales.

The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten has welcomed the first MySuper application being authorised by APRA.

The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, today welcomed the release by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) of its consultation paper Debentu

Media reports in recent days suggesting Federal politicians in defined benefit superannuation schemes will be immune from reduced superannuation tax concessions announced at the last budget are ent

Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has today once again admitted the Coalition are prepared to scrap Labor's increase of universal superannuation from 9 to 12 per cent should they be elected.

Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has today indicated the Coalition are prepared to scrap Labor's increase of universal superannuation from 9 to 12 per cent should they be elected.

In an embarrassing development today, Tony Abbott will have to slap down his senior colleague and confirm his intention to reintroduce a 15 per cent superannuation tax on 3.6 million low income ear

The Coalition has today confirmed that they would re-impose a 15 per cent tax on Australia's lowest paid workers (earning below $37,000) including 2.1 million women.

The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, today released a draft regulation to give effect to the Government's 2012-13 MYEFO measure to provide tax certainty to the bene

Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten today announced that ASIC and APRA will consult in 2013 on proposals to strengthen the regulation of finance companies that issue d

The Gillard Government has reaffirmed its commitment to the Investment Manager Regime (IMR) by announcing amendments to improve the regime's operation and confirming the intention to introduce t

Over 913,000 members of self managed super funds and their advisers will benefit from the publication of the Australia Tax Office's (ATO) 2010 –11 statistical report on the self managed super funds

The Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, today released an Options Paper, Australia's Financial Market Licensing Regime: Addressing Market Evolution, which