They certainly are.
This is bigger than big, with enormous ramifications for any expat planning to retire in Australia.
I understand that ABIG, the Aust business group in Dubai, is mounting some sort of mass write-in to P Costello, and I received an email yesterday from one of the older blokes here who's urging everyone to do the same. If Costello doesn't make an exception for expats to the $150,000 a year limit, I'll be seriously considering pulling the pin to go home before July 07, or at least sending the trouble and strife home so she can set up a super scheme for us.