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Budget delivers blow to aged care

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... recent law change ensuring an older Australian's home care package follows them if they change location - putting consumers, not the aged care provider, in charge of their later years."

Government finds $2.9 billion from super tax

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... we are to achieve the objective of helping as many people as possible reach a comfortable standard of living in retirement, not least women," Anthony said. "More generous tax breaks will need to be re-directed to lower income workers, the Super Guarantee ...

Reforms aimed at supporting women

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... their super and the low income spouse superannuation tax offset will be raised from $10,800 to $37,000. Individuals who have not reached their concessional contributions cap in previous years will now be able to make additional payments to their superannuation ...

Super objective paves way for taxation changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
The Federal Government has made several budget announcements around its reaffirmation of enshrining the objective of superannuation in law, including taxing the earnings of Transition to Retirement Income Streams. A joint statement from Treasurer Scott ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... threshold has been lifted from $80,000 to $87,000. Additionally the temporary budget repair levy of 2% on income over $180,000 has not been extended beyond June 2017. Negative gearing remains unchanged in this budget.

Labor supports tax cuts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... tax cut for small businesses from 28.5% down to 27.5% for businesses with turnover of less than $2 million per year but did not support the government's plan to shift the definition of small business to those with turnover of less than $10 million. "Malcolm ...

Government allocates $920m pa for Smart Cities infrastructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
As part of its $50 billion infrastructure investment package from 2013-14 to 2019-20, the Government has announced it will allocate $920 million every year to its Smart Cities program. Key components of the program include Roads to Recovery (maintenance ...

Budget big picture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... liability. The annual deficit being equivalent to 25.8% of GDP shows how addicted Australia has become to big government - not since the early 1980s has government expenditure been consistently less than 24% of GDP. By comparison the Whitlam government's ...

Equip's new provision for domestic violence

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... process of escaping domestic violence and to promote a safe and secure workplace for them and their colleagues. "Equip will not tolerate domestic violence within or from the workplace and this measure is a reflection of our broader commitment to enhancing ...

Higher recession risk creates opportunity in large miners: Lazard

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... de-gearing of household debt which in a worst case scenario could lead to a drawn-out recession. While the fund manager is not predicting an imminent fall in house prices, the analysis does suggest the time is now prudent to consider diversification ...