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Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... were able to keep our jobs last month, how many were still looking for work and how many started submitting forms to Centrelink. Financial markets expect the ABS to report that Australia's unemployment rate to rise to 5.9 per cent in July from 5.8 per ...

Superannuation wins in Cabinet reshuffle

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2009
... Cabinet representation, it combines superannuation and human services - which includes administration and policy for Centrelink and age pensions - with financial services and corporate law. The move reinforces the continued transition of superannuation ...

Aviva offers insurance relief

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2009
... the waiver applies for a cumulative maximum of 12 months in the case where the client is jobless and registers with Centrelink or a recognised employment agency. "This allows our clients to focus on the pressing matters associated with such periods of ...

Qld firm to restore "faith" in planning

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2009
... family income of less than the average weekly ordinary time earnings, $1145 a week, or someone who received a is in full Centrelink benefit for more than 13 weeks. Successful candidates must also be unable to meet debt repayments and cover daily living ...

Centrelink lends hand on fin literacy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2008
Centrelink has tweaked its financial literacy program to reflect new changes to superannuation and tax rules. While many finance institutions have joined the financial literacy trail only in the past few years, Centrelink has been providing free financial ...

New take on old fee debate

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2008
... process: strategy and investment choice." "If you are going to put a strategy in place that saves tax or increases Centrelink entitlements, is the adviser going to charge based on the success of that as well as what the investment does? So if we save ...

Power to the under-40s

... about managing debt or raising a young family, I'm in the same headspace, but if I sit down with someone and discuss Centrelink, I know enough but I'm not the best person to talk to," he said, continuing, "I know what my strengths are and I prefer to ...

Reverse mortgages not thicker than blood

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... if the loan could not be paid, parents may have to go through legal channels to ensure the debt is wiped from their Centrelink record. "If the parents know there is no way of you ever recovering the debt they could be faced with a situation where they ...

ASIC watching reverse mortgage materials

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2007
... ASIC's attention included "There are no repayments", "&no loan repayments ever" and "No need to make repayments!!" and "Centrelink payments aren't affected". In each of the five cases the reverse mortgage provider took action to rectify the misleading ...

Retirement banking comes of age

... managing director, personal. The account will also have a cap amount that the account holder can withdraw subject to Centrelink conditions and their self-imposed limit. The Prime CMA is the first ATM-linked account available in the market but the group ...