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Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... announced today, divided equally across these workers, comes in at $30.54 per person, she said. And with around 3000 nursing homes across the country, Duckett said the funding didn't go far enough. "They need to fundamentally reform the aged care ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top despite recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... world. On March 23, the government imposed strict lockdown measures, giving "bobbies" power to fine people leaving their homes for "non-essential" reasons. These restrictions were then gradually eases in stages: May 13 - some restrictions on who could ...

Chief economist update: It's about human life, not human rights

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... further limited the freedom of Victorians all - among which is a daily curfew that prohibits Melburnians from leaving their homes between 8pm and 5am unless for "work, medical care and caregiving". They have forced the temporary closure of all non-essential ...

Chief economist update: UK plans for jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... world. On March 23, the government imposed strict lockdown measures, giving "bobbies" power to fine people leaving their homes for "non-essential" reasons. These restrictions were then gradually eased in stages: 13 May - some restrictions on who could ...

FPA Congress moves online

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... The event has been designed to follow the program offered at Congress, but viewers will be able to participate from their homes and access on-demand to fit different schedules. "From July through to October 2020, the FPA Virtual Congress will bring together ...

Amazon launches climate VC fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... products around the world, set to deliver more than 7.6 million MWh of renewable energy annually; enough to power 680,000 homes in the US. It has also made two investments from its $100 million Right Now Climate Fund in reforestation projects around ...

Expats sweat as main residence CGT cut-off looms

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... signaling the end of exemptions from capital gains tax, expats now face further challenges in selling their former family homes, with only COVID-19 to blame. Atlas Wealth Management managing director James Ridley argues that with just over four weeks ...

COVID-19 ushers in the future of work

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... commercial real estate and those invested in it? Perhaps many, arguably those without children, would prefer the comfort of their homes to the morning commute, bringing questions to the fore on the potential impact of COVID-19 on commercial real estate ...

IFM cuts carbon footprint from Aussie infra assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
IFM Investors' local infrastructure assets, which include Ausgrid, major airports, ports and toll roads, cut their carbon footprint by 7.9% in the year ending June 2019. The industry-superannuation-owned fund manager started reporting its infrastructure ...

Has COVID-19 solved the advice problem?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... meeting interface is 100% wrong. "They absolutely love it." Dillon pointed out the crisis had not only pushed advice into the homes of clients by way of digital meetings, but it brought clients into the homes of advisers. "So while it's not as personable ...