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Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
Australian National University (ANU) has partnered with St Vincent de Paul Society on a new report highlighting reforms that could make the tax and welfare systems fairer ahead of the federal election. The report examines three options for helping families ...

Deerpath Capital opens local office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Deerpath Capital Management is expanding its global footprint with the opening of a dedicated operation in Australia. The firm will offer new vintages of closed-end credit funds to institutional investors, high net-worth individuals, and family offices. ...

EQT wins AFL Players' Association mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Equity Trustees will now manage the $150 million AFL Players' Association Retirement Account. Following a competitive tender process, AFLPA has appointed EQT to manage the fund, having already provided administrative services since 2011. The mandate ...

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... impacted Australia recently. "The cost of everything is going up - but your pay isn't. Petrol, groceries, rent, child care, health care - the costs keep piling up, and have been piling up for some time now," Albanese said. "The pandemic has ripped ...

Not enough Budget for women: Industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... anomaly would allow parents to continue building their retirement savings while taking time out of the paid workforce to care for children and family. "Although the government has extended the length of paid parental leave by two weeks in this Budget ...

Cash bonus and fuel excise cut

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
With everything from the price of petrol and groceries to rent and childcare seemingly on the rise, the federal government has sought to target cost of living concerns in its 2022-23 budget with a number of temporary spending measures. For starters ...

Budget aims to please women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... should reflect the diversity of Australian families. "Giving families greater choice and flexibility about managing work and care will boost women's workforce participation, and enhance their economic security. Our reforms substantially improve the Paid ...

Tough news for those already doing it tough

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... spending on assistance to the aged to increase by 5.6% by 2026, as part of the response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care. Last year's Budget included a five-year $17.7 billion plan for the aged care sector, including new home care packages, respite ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... managing COVID-19 and preparing for winter. Its strategy involves maximising vaccines, testing, preventing transmission in aged care, supporting the supply chain, investing in treatments and maintaining public communication. And, perhaps proving the ...

APRA suspends IDII work, "disappointed" in industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... conduct-related impacts of the design and distribution obligations, unfair contract terms, claims handling and duty of reasonable care; actively contribute to the Treasury reviews; seek to identify possible alternative ways to effectively address the ...