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Advice firm creates aged care subsidiary

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... Centrelink forms. It also includes the organisation of removalists, storage facilities, rehousing of family pets via the Animal Welfare League, and a three month follow-up. In addition, the business employs a former aged care nurse to assist with the ...

Group insurance critical: FSC

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... cover to 92% of the working population. Underinsurance in Australia costs the government about $2 billion annually, with welfare benefits often needed to fill the gap for those who have nil or not enough insurance. In a statement the FSC said the current ...

Fix super for indigenous Australians: KPMG

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... Australians live in remote and regional areas where depressed labour markets leave a significant number of people dependent on welfare and receiving no superannuation at all. KMPG said indigenous Australians who are in employment and do receive superannuation ...

Budgets with more super tinkering are possible

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... another $15 billion or so, leaving an annual subsidy of about $30 billion. If the federal government can't attack the welfare system or raise income taxes, Evans said the biggest cost to the Budget that may be looked at is the GST. "If you were to widen ...

Storm Financial investor slams court decision

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... water. And now we're hearing about the importance of people using the equity in their homes to take pressure off the social welfare system. Well, that's exactly what we were doing at Storm." He added that ASIC alone could never stop "criminally-inclined ...

Opportunities ahead for Chinese outlet malls

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2016
... and the propensity of the aged to save less and spend more, and policy reforms such as the expansion of China's social welfare system. Shopping mall yields in tier-one Chinese cities have fallen as a result of market saturation over the last five years ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
Another stimulus package for Japan Japan has announced a stimulus package containing a raft of infrastructure and welfare measures in yet another attempt to jolt the nation's economy back to life. The package, headlined at A$350 billion if you include ...

ME makes peak appointment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
... 2009, Bart was awarded an AO for services to South Australia in economic and cultural development, leadership, work with welfare organisations and contribution to sport. ME chairman Ken Hodgson said: "Cheryl will be a tremendous addition to the ME Board ...

Public sector retirees angry over income exemption cuts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
... changes, the government considered this to be a fair and reasonable measure to support the sustainability of Australia's welfare system.''

ACCI supports closing tax breaks on high balances

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2015
... especially ones that have the potential long terms benefits of promoting economic growth and reducing pressure on future welfare payments," Osborn said. "We need to consider whether tax concessions for contributions are effective in meeting the goal ...