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Royal Commission sobering and overdue: Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... task on submitting legislation to parliament that would have bipartisan support. "This is the Royal Commission Scott Morrison did not want you to see. This is the report Scott Morrison never wanted delivered. Today is the day that Scott Morrison and ...

Kelly O'Dwyer to leave parliament

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
... Minister for Revenue and Financial Services from July 2016 until August 2018, when the portfolio was dropped after Scott Morrison took the Prime Ministership. Her time as the minister responsible for financial services culminated in the Royal Commission ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... Index. Overall, Australia is the 17th most expensive country to live in. When the group lobbied Prime Minister Scott Morrison for change shortly after his appointment it was told current indexation arrangements would remain and "the government believes ...

Labor proposes RC implementation task force

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... more victims in more parts of Australia." Labor called for the Royal Commission in April, 2016 and Prime Minister Scott Morrison voted against it 26 times, she added. "The Liberals [were] tooth and nail against the establishment of a Royal Commission ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... position than was anticipated when we delivered the 2017/18 Budget." A Budget surplus is in sight. As per new PM Scott Morrison, "We've had a trajectory to get the budget back into balance first in 2021 and in this year I announced that would come ...

Retirement living advice is an opportunity: Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... elder financial abuse to be scrutinised. Highlighting concerns with the state of aged care services, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a Royal Commission was necessary, given the increased demand the sector will experience as the baby boomer generation ...

Government establishes aged care Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... the abuse are someone they trusted and were reliant on, such as a relative or friend. Yesterday Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he will ask the Governor General to establish a Royal Commission into the aged care sector. Highlighting concerns with ...

Instant asset write off extended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... simplified business activity statement. The Government recently clarified the responsibilities of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's new ministry, confirming several changes for financial services, after Kelly O'Dwyer took on the jobs, industrial relations ...

Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... Caesar, that saw Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull politically assassinated (and replaced with the Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison) in the dying days of August may have played a part in the drop in the recent drop in business confidence. The NAB monthly ...

Super industry welcomes Age Pension backflip

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
Key superannuation industry bodies have welcomed the Federal Government's decision to back flip on its longstanding proposal to increase the Age Pension age to 70. ISA deputy chief executive Matt Linden said the peak body for industry superannuation ...