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Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Rest is the latest fund to botch its handling of insurance - this time for incorrectly charging uninsured members for coverage - adding to a growing pile of industry failures. Rest's mishandling comes as other major superannuation funds have been caught ...

Chalmers 'managing pressures' to shore up economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
The slowdown in Chinese economic growth, the Trump Presidency and ongoing wars in Europe and the Middle East are potential pressures facing the Australian economy, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Speaking at the Business Council of Australian dinner ...

One more vote needed for $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
Despite being dropped from the Senate program today, the Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions Bill could soon be a reality, with the government needing to secure just one more supporter. The Bill was supposed to be debated in the Senate today ...

FOMC holds rates as Chalmers boasts 'our inflation is lower'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has boasted about Labor's policies after the latest CPI reading from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported underlying inflation was now at its lowest point in three years. "Our headline inflation is now lower than ...

Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones announced new mandatory minimum service standards for all large APRA-regulated superannuation funds. Chalmers said the reforms will improve member outcomes and how funds engage with their ...

Chalmers' claims on super tax are 'misleading': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
The SMSF Association (SMSFA) says Treasurer Jim Chalmers' claims that the $3 million superannuation tax followed extensive consultation are misleading, accusing the Treasurer of making several ambiguous statements in defence of the tax. SMSFA chief ...

Government to streamline financial reporting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced the release of a consultation paper to gather insights and feedback on how to restructure Australia's financial reporting architecture with the aim to make it more efficient, effective, and fit for purpose. Chalmers ...

ANZ, Macquarie bring forward rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Both ANZ and Macquarie have moved their interest rate cut predictions forward to February from May following last week's inflation data. ANZ head of Australian economics Adam Boyton said the bank was expecting core inflation to drop to 3.2%, down from ...

Chalmers boasts inflation data, experts divided

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.3% in the 12 months to November 2024, but trimmed mean inflation came in at 3.2% - still tracking above the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target range of 2-3%. Speaking at a press conference ...

New tool will streamline regulation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The government has released a new tool with the aim to streamline and coordinate regulation in the financial sector. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the tool will help build a more competitive, dynamic and productive economy. "We want to make it simpler ...