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Submissions want super tax concessions cut: Treasury

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imagePrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has indicated that changes to superannuation are on the table. David Moir/AAP

Submissions to the government’s taxation white paper show support for reducing concessions for superannuation but with no clear agreement on how to do this, according to a Treasury analysis.

There is also support for broadening the GST...

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Canadian election - ten days to go

  • Written by: The Conversation

The Canadian election will be held on Monday 19 October, and results will be known during the afternoon of Tuesday 20 October Melbourne time. This election is of some interest to Australians because Canada’s Conservative PM Stephen Harper was one of Abbott’s few international allies on climate change policies.

I previewed the Canadian...

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