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Queensland bans Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... disclose that school-banking programs are linked to a broader customer-acquisition strategy, ASIC found, adding that young children are vulnerable consumers and are exposed to sophisticated advertising and marketing tactics by the banks. In canning the ...

Mercer launches aged care support service

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... navigating the system. Burkitt said about 1.5 million Australians receive ageing care services and more than ever, adult children are acting as carers for the first time. "One in eight working Australians are currently acting as carers, 27% of whom are ...

ERS spending revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... Half these households owned their dwelling with a mortgage, while almost half (47%) were couple families with dependent children," Adams said. "Average government payments rose by $89 per week per household, compared to the previous September quarter ...

How advisers can capture young risk clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... levels and being single with no dependents as reasons they don't purchase life insurance. "Even when they do have children, many young Australians are concerned about competing financial priorities, feeling preoccupied with day-to-day family expenses ...

Investment bonds a good alternative to Wills: GDG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
... capital gains tax. Instead, they are taxed at maximum 30%. Transferring ownership of an investment bond, for example to children, is also a non-CGT event. Investors can also withdraw their funds at any time. Further, they are treated as non-estate assets ...

Childcare costs drag women's nest egg

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... as health, hospitality and childcare, on top of taking on more responsibilities in household chores and homeschooling children. A global study by the Boston Consulting Group found that women bear the brunt of responsibilities, undertaking 15 extra hours ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... quarter to 0.9% in the three-months to December 2020. It would have been lower had it not been for smokers with young children and building a house contributing to the pick-up in the consumer price index. To wit: "The December quarter CPI was primarily ...

ERS a setback for young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... make up the COVID savings gap as many will be entering the phase of their life when they take a career break to have children and their employer super contributions are on hold," she said.

Chief economist update: USA Inc is under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... certain predominantly Muslim countries, bolster the program allowing young immigrants brought into the country illegally as children to stay, bar discrimination by the federal government based on sexual orientation or gender identity and impose a moratorium ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... their father's will, which left out a child conceived by artificial insemination. The case raises the question - are children born by sperm donors or artificial insemination treated differently under the law when it comes to inheritance? Samantha ...