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Need to recalibrate the fiscal strategy: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the medium-term effects of COVID-19 have made it necessary to recalibrate the government's fiscal strategy ahead of the budget release. Frydenberg said the government will continue to offer strong economic support ...

Chief economist update: October rate cut?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... Federal Budget - to be revealed on October 6 (the same day as its board meeting) - on the economy. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is expected to announce a growth boosting budget that includes bringing forward income tax cuts, new infrastructure and ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... cost hundreds of thousands of jobs - not to mention an even bigger budget deficit. But just as Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said: "The extent of the damage would depend on the effectiveness of the restrictions that's slowing the spread of the ...

What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... this report is immediately released to the public so its findings can be tested and verified. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a review into Australia's retirement income system in September 2019 which was initially due to hand down its ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... state would be frozen for the six-weeks that the second lockdown is expected to last. Australian Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg estimated that Victoria's lockdown will cost the about A$1 billion a week "for the Victorian economy alone" - that ...

ATO can make cost of advice cheaper: Asher

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... come as the government is due to hand down the findings from the Retirement Income Review that Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg launched last year. He said retirees' needs fall into just five categories: a high income, an income that lasts (including ...

Melburnians back in the lockup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... country's recovery from recession and/or deepen the ongoing GDP contraction. This, as much, was what Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in his interview with 'The Australian Financial Review'... "With Victoria comprising around a quarter ...

HESTA asks Retirement Income Review to consider ERS

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... non-standard work, and the "value of insurance in super for low income earners be recognised". Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a review into Australia's retirement income system in September 2019 which is due to hand in its report by ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... up and about in this "Lucky Country", for while it would not escape a technical recession -- Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg acknowledged as much after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing that GDP contracted by 0.3% in ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Technically, we're not there yet but Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg opted not for a stay of execution and acknowledged that Australia's 29-year recession-free run is over. "Well, the answer to that is yes. And that is on the basis of the ...