Media releases

The Assistant Treasurer Senator Rod Kemp announced today key data on the size and growth of superannuation assets for the December quarter 1997.

The Assistant Treasurer, Senator the Hon. Rod Kemp and the Minister for Customs and Consumer Affairs, the Hon.

The Senates passing of the Charter of Budget Honesty Bill means that Australia now has a world leading framework of budgetary disclosure, the Assistant Treasurer Senator Rod Kemp said today.

I am announcing today the arrangements to apply for the 1997-98 income year for the pensioner rebate, the low income aged persons rebate, and the beneficiary rebate.

Todays call by the Oppositions Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Laurie Brereton, for the immediate referral of the proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) to the Joint Standing C

The Government will act to ensure that proposed legislation currently before the Parliament will not apply to payments by private companies to shareholders in their capacity as employees.

The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Rod Kemp, today announced that gifts of $2 or more to the NCCA Christian World Service Overseas Programs and the NCCA Christian World Service Refugee Resettlement F

The Government has decided to amend the income tax law to allow deductions for gifts of the value of $2 or more, made on or after the date of this press release, to the St Patrick's Cathedral Parra

The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Rod Kemp, announced today that gifts to the Australian Society for Intercountry Aid (Children) Victoria International (ASIAC (Vic)) Aid Fund and the Christian Broth

The Assistant Treasurer, Rod Kemp, announced today that gifts of $2 or more made to the 1998 Wingello Bushfire Victims Trust will be deductible for income tax purposes.

The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Rod Kemp, released today a draft of proposed amendments to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

Superannuation contributions in the September quarter rose by more than 11 per cent compared with the September quarter last year.

The Government is announcing enhancements to the Budget proposal to give Australian employees greater choice of the superannuation fund or Retirement Savings Account (RSA) into which compulsory sup

The Government will be modifying aspects of its Budget proposals regarding the early release of superannuation benefits.

The Assistant Treasurer, Senator Rod Kemp, released today a draft of proposed amendments to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.

The Senate tonight failed to pass the Charter of Budget Honesty Bill for the second time by insisting on amendments previously rejected by the House of Representatives.

An Exchange of Notes amending the comprehensive double taxation agreement between Australia and Vietnam entered into force on 23 July 1997 upon completion of the notifications required indicating t

Labor tonight voted to heavily amend the Charter of Budget Honesty Bill to make it cumbersome and unworkable.

The Government today announced reforms to the child support scheme which will improve the scheme's flexibility, provide greater equity, and more regular financial support for children.

Superannuation assets for the year ending June 1997 have surged past the $300 billion mark, reaching a total of $304 billion.