MEDIA RELEASE ARCHIVE
Date Title
13/05/09 Budget 2009: The Good and the Bad for Pensions
The Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association (SCOA), welcomes the Government's budget decision to increase the Age Pension...news, however, remains bad for retirees relying on Commonwealth superannuation pensions.....click here
15/5/08 Some Budget success for SCOA - Hope of more to come - an ov erall assessment of the Budget in relation to SCOA's issues and our pre-Budget submission - for a copy of this release click here
1/11/07 Candidates in the hot seat - joint SCOA/DFWA media release summarising the outcomes of four meetings in Canberra and Queanbeyan involving local candidates outlining their parties' stances on indexation - for a copy of this release click here
22/10/07

Reciprocity of public transport concessions for Seniors Card holders - media release commending ACT Chief Minister for taking the initiative in contacting all other Premiers and Chief Ministers to adopt a national approach to this issue - for a copy of this release click here
22/10/07 Federal election candidates face neglected Commonwealth and Defence pensioners - media release announcing a series of meetings in the ACT region (including the Eden Monaro electorate) featuring the local candidates from each iof the major parties to advise on their proposals for dealing with indexation - for a copy of this release click here
4/10/07 Greens support full indexation of Commonwealth super pensions - media release commending the Greens on adopting this policy and fully supporting the claims SCOA members - for a copy of this release click here
12/9/07 CPI inadequate for all Commonwealth pensions - media release responding to the announcement by the Prime Minister about a revised indexation method for disabled veteran’s pensions because the inadequacy of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) as a single method for pension indexation - for a copy of this release click here
25/5/07 Federal superannuants not happy, John - letter in Australian Financial Review by Indexation Campaign Manager summarising virtually all our key current issues - for a copy of this letter click here
22/5/07 Defence pensioners take aim at Budget - item in P S News (for more information go to http://www.psnews.com.au/Index.html) from our "sister" organisation expressing the concerns of Defence retirees which are parallel to our own concerns - for a copy of this article click here
18/5/07 RDFWA response to 2007-08 Budget -media release from our "sister" organisation covering Defence retirees - placed on our Web site to show the support we have from Defence retirees whose concerns are in the main the same as ours - for a copy of the media release click here
16/5/07 Report on ABC NewsOnline of interview with SCOA Federal President on Radio National "Breakfast" - for a copy of the media release click here
15/5/07 Retirees' age rage as pensions erode - lead article in the free e-magazine, P S News (for more information go to http://www.psnews.com.au/Index.html) - for a copy of the article click here

25/4/07

 Not so super - letter from Indexation Campaign Manager submitted to the Sydney Morning Herald in response to a letter also in the SMH (the same letter was sent to The Age as the letter to which it was responding was also published in The Age) - for a copy of the letter click here
22/3/07 Future Fund Farce - letter from Federal President submitted to the Australian Financial Review in response to a letter also in the AFR - for a copy of the letter click here
22/11/06 Tax discrimination for public sector superannuants - letter from Federal Secretary submitted to the Australian Financial Review (but not published) in response to an article by Megan Foley
- for a copy of the letter click here
2/11/06 Simpler super system does not benefit all - letter from Federal Secretary to national media and published in the Australian Financial Review
- for a copy of the letter click here
24/10/06 Many will not receive benefits from new super arrangements - letter from Federal Secretary submitted to the Australian Financial Review (but not published) in response to an editorial
- for a copy of the letter click here
6/9/06 Changes to superannuation welcome - but ... - national media release by Federal Office following announcement by Federal Treasurer of some additional changes to the new superannuation proposals
- for the full text of the release click here

5/9/06

 Widespread support for simplified superannuation - local media release by ACT Branch following two briefing meetings in Canberra on the new superannuation proposals
- for the full text of the release click here
5/8/06 New super catches out older investors - letter from Federal Secretary submitted to The Canberra Times (but not published) in response to an article by Diana Streak
- for a copy of the letter click here
 
 

Media Releases From External Sources
Date Title
29/5/09 Expert Panel and Terms of Reference for Review into Australia's Superannuation System

Senator Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, has today announced the details of the Review into the governance, efficiency, structure and operation of Australia’s superannuation system including the membership of the Expert Panel and the Terms of Reference…click here.
8/11/07

Copy of Media release by Nick Sherry on Superannuation for Same Sex Couples. This represents a form commitment by Labor who are now in Government to review of the recommendations in the HREOC report and "implementing changes".

An Executive Summary of the HREOC report (Same Sex: Same Entitlements) is available here and the full report (446 pages !) can be downloaded from: http://www.hreoc.gov.au/human_rights/samesex/index.html.

10/5/05

Announcement of establishment of Future Fund - joint media release by Treasurer and Minister for Finance and Administration. For a copy of the media release - click here.