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Super gender balance gap increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... emanate from a large pay packet. The ATO found that NSW has more high-income earners than Canberra or any other state or territory. Residents in Sydney's Double Bay registered the highest taxable income on average of $266,381, followed by Dover Heights ...

Cash rate hits 4.1%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... families with a mortgage struggle with another rate increase. "The pace of rate increases leaves the economy in unchartered territory with the official cash rate now at its highest level in more than a decade. Some underlying inflationary pressures in ...

Regulation, funding inhibits digital advice: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... provide personal advice with confidence. Robo-advisers are well aware of the risks of "treading into personal advice territory, particularly after the High Court ruling in the Westpac case on general advice". While the Quality of Advice Review is expected ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... South Wales (30%), followed closely by Victorians at 29%. One percent or less came from the ACT, Tasmania and Northern Territory. In all, AFCA chief executive David Locke said fewer complaints were received than anticipated. "While not seeking to downplay ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... 19%. Reflecting low superannuation returns, which Rainmaker research shows are only now consistently back into positive territory following 2022 being negative and among the worst they've been for fund members since the GFC, taxes paid by super funds ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... concession card holders. It is the largest investment in such incentives ever. Energy bills: From July, federal, state and territory governments will co-fund $3 billion worth of bill relief which will see over five million households benefit from reductions ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... $159.0 million to extend the Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence Responses National Partnership Agreement with state and territory governments to support frontline service delivery," Chalmers said. Chalmers promised more will be done to strengthen and ...

Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... from his point of view there are "distributional issues" with the GST in particular. "Every cent goes to the state and territory governments," he said. "And so, it wouldn't be an opportunity necessarily, at least not directly, to repair the Commonwealth ...

Lowe reinforces more hikes may come

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... moment," Lowe said. "Given these lags and uncertainties, the board judged that, with monetary policy now in restrictive territory, it was time to hold interest rates steady and accumulate more information." Outlook factors The factors influencing the ...

UBS swaps out chiefs amid Credit Suisse acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... before handing the reigns over to Hamers in 2020. The former chief has been picked to steer the bank through the unknown territory of its Credit Suisse take over, UBS board explained the decision was made considering new challenges and priorities following ...