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Budget targets home ownership rates

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... managing director Graham Wolfe. "Many people have chosen to move to regional areas over the last two years to build a new life, placing pressure on housing affordability in these areas. Supporting home building at the same time as supporting people re-enter ...

Budget aims to please women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The new Federal Budget includes a series of measures aimed at addressing issues that impact women's health, safety and economic success. Most notably, the government has committed to modernising the Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave scheme - which currently ...

War in Ukraine sparks defence spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... foundations for more complex space missions. "The information we get from Earth observation satellites is central to our everyday life - from forecasting the weather and responding to natural disasters through to managing the environment and supporting ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... their communities is expected to exceed $6 billion. It will deliver hope, work and the prospect of returning to a better life." The estimated $6 billion assistance package in response to the floods would be higher than the $2.8 billion spent on the 2019-2020 ...

New scaled advice offering launches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... Scientiam releases advisers to focus on servicing higher fee-paying clients with complex needs." As a client progresses in life and their needs change, the system is designed to push them to seek comprehensive, personal advice from their referring adviser ...

Government flags $17.9bn infrastructure spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... infrastructure projects will support tens of thousands of direct and indirect jobs across Australia over the construction life of these projects, providing certainty and security for businesses and communities across the country." Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ...

Accountants lobby for 10 budget reforms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
... these two steps could go a long way to making things fairer for women, allowing them to make more contributions later in life and catch their super balances up to their male peers," CA ANZ group executive, advocacy and international Simon Grant said. ...

APRA suspends IDII work, "disappointed" in industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... deadline for insurers to overhaul IDII products by a full year (to October 2022). But now APRA has expressed disappointment in life insurer's ability to reform products and address the issues in legacy products and has suspended its work entirely. "APRA ...

Key Budget measure won't help economy: Academic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... "The Treasurer should establish and finance a sovereign wealth fund managed by a trust comprised of people from all walks of life - including economists." In this scenario, the board of trustees would release a parallel budget of long-term projects on ...

ANZ becomes first Australian bank to develop stablecoin

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... "Digital assets are going mainstream; we're thrilled to be at the forefront of driving adoption and bringing that vision to life." ANZ has previously acted as the guarantee issuer for the first digital banking guarantee on the Lygon blockchain platform ...