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AI, corporate tax, skilled workers key to productivity: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... how to boost Australia's productivity, lays out several recommendations on how the nation can fix its productivity problem. This is in light of Australia's productivity performance having stalled in more recent years. Labour productivity growth ...

FAAA fights to reignite Dixon inquiry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... government to contribute to it or for other sectors that are covered by the ASIC funding levy to contribute. That's a problem that the government is going to need to solve."

Financial services workers earn 12% pay rise

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
Financial services employees saw their pay packets rise 12% in the last 12 months, according to Hays' annual Salary Guide, outpacing salary growth for lawyers and technology professionals. After canvassing more than 12,000 employees from Australia ...

McKell Institute calls for CGT 'circuit breaker'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... just isn't going to hit its objective of 1.2 million additional homes by 2030 if we retain existing settings." "A key problem with our existing tax settings on property is they orient too much investment toward established dwellings, at the cost ...

Adviser exodus puts retirement savings at risk: CPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... tape is a key contributor to financial advisers quitting the profession and the government must urgently act to solve the problem. "More than 2.5 million Australians will retire in the next decade - and many will be shocked to discover there are fewer ...

CSLR releases revised levy estimate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... deterioration in the long-term outlook for the CSLR, it is increasingly critical that government steps in to fix this problem," Abood said. "We are keen to see the release of the Treasury report into the CSLR and the government's response. The problems ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... figures from the Productivity Commission. Productivity Commission deputy chair Alex Robson said Australia's productivity problem is no flash in the pan, calling it a "long-term, structural challenge". He said the problem demands dedicated attention from ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... in Canberra yesterday. Productivity, he said, which is too often regarded as "a cold, almost soulless, concept," is a problem that's been with Australia not for a couple of years, but for a couple of decades. He noted that in the decade leading up to ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... community looks forward to participating in the summit and contributing constructive and sensible ideas to address the problem." Opposition deputy leader Ted O'Brien said Albanese has actively sought to undermine productivity by abolishing structures ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Hiten Savani and Daniel Swift. Fidelity International head of wholesale Lauren Jackson said the SMA will help solve a problem that financial advisers face when allocating to core global equities, noting that many still allocate passively or use discretionary ...