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Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... National Bushfire Recovery Agency - for one can read between the lines of their pronouncements that he and Treasurer Frydenberg still wanted to have the bragging rights to bringing the budget back into surplus. Not anymore. The coronavirus has forced ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... payments, so that those with partners earning what was previously above the threshold will now be eligible. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said: "Australia is facing a war on two fronts. As the Prime Minister said we are facing a health crisis and an economic ...

COVID-19 spurs greater scrutiny of foreign investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced that all proposed foreign investment into Australia will be subject to regulatory approval to protect national interests during the COVID-19 crisis. The temporary measures, which came into effect on Sunday ...

SMSFs in flashback to 2008

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... sector through the COVID-19 pandemic. Terry Pinnell, chair of the Ethical Advisers' Co-op, wrote to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg last week to ask him to institute the same measures for SMSF pensioners that the Rudd Government introduced during the Global ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... (FoFA) reforms banned such payments on most investment products. The consultation, which was announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, will consider the merits of this exemption granted to stock exchange-listed investment products. "Public consultation ...

Frydenberg takes RC super advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... report's recommendations, including many pertaining specifically to superannuation. In a statement on Friday afternoon, Frydenberg took aim at 22 of Hayne's recommendations, including implementing the Commissioner's advice to prohibit super trustees ...

Ongoing fees, advice fees in super to be reformed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... contracts. "We are on track to meet the accelerated timetable outlined in our implementation roadmap," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. This comes ahead of the one year anniversary of Hayne's final report on February 5. The draft legislation for recommendation ...

Stamping fees consultation kicks off

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... after growing almost 30% in the 12 months to December 2019. The consultation, which was announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg yesterday, will consider the merits of this exemption granted to stock exchange-listed investment products. "Public consultation ...

Government opens BEAR extension consultation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... as that the regime will be co-administered by the two financial services regulators, ASIC and APRA. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the obligations of FAR would make senior financial services executives more accountable for what happens under their watch. ...

Chief economist update: Bushfires singe growth, surplus predictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... long before the bushfire catastrophe. It's pitiful and a shame that Prime Minister Morrison and Federal Treasurer Frydenberg were forced to capitulate only at a great cost to Australian lives and property. This highlights the criticism du' jour ...