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Office for Women combats financial abuse

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2022
... estimate of the prevalence of financial abuse in Australia." "In particular, the number of female victims is expected to be affected by traditional gender norms associated with the handling of household finances - which may mean that female victims of ...

Government moves to amend military super benefits tax

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... "Therefore, the government will also introduce a non-refundable tax offset to prevent any adverse income tax outcomes for affected veterans in the DFRDB and MSB schemes." According to Jones and Keogh, this will reverse higher end of year tax liabilities ...

Victoria has the best economy - but not by much

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... average on all the eight indicators. "In terms of future economic performance, much will depend on how economies are affected by growing COVID-19 case numbers and also how they respond to a period of rising interest rates," James concluded. When it comes ...

Tax exemptions overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy: OECD

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... indicates that Australia's lack of capital gains tax has led to a monumental increase in house prices that have unfairly affected the less wealthy. The report states that between 1981 and 2016, homeownership among Australians aged between 25 and 34 dropped ...

Dodge volatility, invest in global equities: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... medium term is an aggregation of many short terms. And in the short term, prices can be distorted from fundamentals, affected by the positioning of funds," Wild said. "So, it's a good idea to drip feed or average into the market, knowing that you're ...

July 1 super changes: Are you ready?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... people will benefit from the change, 63% of which are females. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said the employees who are affected by this measure, and who earn less than $450 a month from a single employer, tend to be young, lower-income, part-time ...

ASIC urges market to improve outage resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... However, consideration should also be given to whether and how to redeploy unexecuted orders that were submitted to the affected market before the outage," ASIC said. The regulator outlined its findings and expectations, and the ASX said it intended ...

RBA spotlights inflation risk of higher wages

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... policies and the upcoming Fair Work Commission ruling on new minimum and award rates would result in faster wages growth for affected workers in the period ahead." Even while measures of long-term inflation expectations remained in the 2-3% target band ...

Reserve Bank shocks with hawkish 50bp increase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2022
... sectors and the tight labour market contributing to the upward pressure on prices. The floods earlier this year have also affected some prices." Inflation is expected to increase further but Lowe believes it will decline back towards the two-three percent ...

GDP rises but headwinds abound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... represented a slowdown from the 3.4% GDP growth realised last quarter. Barclays said the most recent GDP numbers were affected by floods and the Omicron strain. But the bank affirmed that growth remained robust and expected the economy to grow 4.1% year ...