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Infocus adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The national advice group welcomed an executive general manager, strategic relationships after also adding a chief financial and operations officer. Matthew Fogarty has joined the Infocus team in the strategic relationships role, bringing more than ...

Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Australia's productivity continued to stagnate in the December quarter, suggesting that the productivity problem may be part of a long-term trend. The Productivity Commission's (PC) latest quarterly productivity bulletin found labour productivity ...

Australia can lead energy transition, climate investing: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... 95% of its exports are coal. We have a huge problem with fugitive emissions in this state, and we need a lot of technology work done there," she said. To tackle this, Kimmorley said investment and technology solutions are a must. If Australia gets these ...

AZ NGA practices merge on road to 'super firm'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... challenges. "We are focused on reducing our cost to serve and we are starting to see some improvements, but we've had to work very hard and spend some money upfront, for example on getting our technology right, to bank ongoing savings," Cook said. "It ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... red tape that blocks "the uptake of modern methods of construction" to build homes faster. "The government is continuing to work with states and territories on the National Planning Reform Blueprint to build homes faster," he said. For renters, Chalmers ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... accidental. The credit belongs to Australians in every corner of our country. We've come a long way, but there's more work to do." Two new "modest" tax cuts will be introduced, that Chalmers said would give the average earner around $536 more ...

Roads, railways, NBN winners in Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... "This will complete the rollout of the National Broadband Network, with upgrades to a further 622,000 premises. This will work alongside the recently announced Universal Outdoor Mobile Obligation, which will establish continent-wide SMS and basic voice ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... will be crucial to its success and we urge the Opposition to also commit support for the legislation. We'll continue to work closely with the Parliament, business leaders and other stakeholders to ensure these reforms are successfully implemented ...

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has kicked off the 2025-26 Federal Budget by declaring that cost-of-living pressures are "front and centre," unveiling two surprise tax cuts for all Australian taxpayers. From 1 July 2026, the 16% tax rate, which applies to taxable ...

Non-compete, restraint clauses to be outlawed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... down wages." The ban will apply to all workers who earn less than $175,000, the current high-income threshold under the Fair Work Act. It's estimated about three million workers are impacted by such clauses, including across industries like childcare ...