Time for compensation for super fraud victims: Labor

25 September 2014
| By Nicholas |
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The Federal Government should come good on its pledge to compensate the victims of the Trio Capital collapse, Labor MP Stephen Jones believes.  

Speaking in the House of Representatives yesterday, Jones hit out at the Government's failure to act on its pre-election commitment more than a year after taking office.  

"The collapse of Trio Capital was the largest superannuation fraud in Australia's history," he said.  

"Around about $176 million of investor funds were lost and sent overseas. Hundreds of these victims came from my electorate of Throsby and throughout the Illawarra. 

"In the lead up to the 2013, the Trio Capital victims' circumstances were hotly contested in my electorate. Indeed, the Liberal minister responsible, Senator (Mathias) Cormann, said that there was a series of unique circumstances in Trio Capital and there would be some justification for a level of compensation.  

"I am told that it has been 382 days since that commitment was given... and still there has been no honouring of that commitment.  

"I today stand in Parliament and demand that the Liberal minister honour the commitment he gave to electors in my electorate, which was that he would pay compensation and do what he said he would do." Jones also hit out at the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, saying it should "listen to the advice of the experts in the industry who are saying 'Ditch your FOFA reforms'."

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