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Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Turnbull government's budget has locked in $16,000 in tax cuts for people making $1 million a year, he said, and cut funding for schools (including TAFE) and Medicare. The Medicare levy will increase on 1 July 2017 from 2% to 2.5% to fund the National ...

Super reforms incubating unemployment risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... Morris, industry communications director for Roy Morgan said the government will have to contend with pressure on funding for some time yet as the average level of savings and superannuation for those intending to retire in the next 12 months is well ...

NSW government pins fintech job hopes to H2 Ventures

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... best-known entrepreneurs through their weight behind H2Ocean, the brainchild of H2 Ventures, which aimed to provide funding for early and growth stage fintech start-ups. The venture was officially launched by Treasurer Scott Morrison and has the backing ...

Future Fund model for social housing

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
... becoming more costly to maintain and no longer meets the needs of tenants. IPA said the improved system would allow funding for each public housing tenancy to grow to an assumed 120% of market cost - and also allow the system to grow, not shrink. The ...

Super and innovation: a glass half full

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... and an innovation-driven economy. The private equity and venture capital veteran said he's never seen more action in funding for start-ups and early-stage Series-A businesses in Sydney and Melbourne. This has mainly come from venture capital in web-based ...

Industry heavyweights back listed venture fund

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... industry's best-known entrepreneurs have thrown their weight behind a new listed investment fund which aims to provide funding for early and growth stage fintech start-ups. H2Ocean, the latest brainchild of H2 Ventures founders Ben and Toby Heap, was ...

Green light for SMSF family property investment

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2016
... important at this juncture is that the government recognises that there are commercial solutions to the issue of housing funding for those looking to buy property. Unlike some overseas models, where money is released from the pension to help people acquire ...

ABA denies precedent for matching RBA cash rates

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2016
... Banks have explained repeatedly why the Reserve Bank does not set interest rates." He added that about two thirds of funding for banks "comes from deposits and banks have raised interest rates on a range of those deposits, even as the Reserve Bank cut ...

QIC and Future Fund back $3bn renewable fund

KERRIE SYDEE, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
... partners confirmed for the first $1 billion in fund, AGL said the next phase of the program will be to bring in debt funding for individual projects to meet the remaining part of the $2-3 billion target. AGL CIO Brett Redman said: "We've spoken to all ...

Future Generation donates $4.71m to charity

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... agreed programs." Walsh added: "Following an increase from FGX's donation for 2015, we aim to continually grow the funding for both FGX and FGG charities with each passing year. "Our big vision is to become the second biggest private sector funder in ...