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Shorten attacks government's retro super changes

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... of measures that would see $71 billion of "additional budget improvements over the decade." Labor still proposes a 25% tax cut for small businesses with a turnover of less than $2 million a year, and delivering 50% renewable energy by 2030. It also backs ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2016
... supported the RBA's positive outlook on the economy and that we're it not for the "shocking" inflation report, it wouldn't have cut the official cash rate down to a record low 1.75% two days ago. The country's trade deficit narrowed to A$2.16 billion ...

ANZ cuts fees on foreign currency ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2016
ANZ has announced it will reduce management fees on its two foreign currency exchange-traded funds. The ANZ ETFS Physical US Dollar ETF has had its management fee reduced to 0.3% per annum (down from 0.45%), and the ANZ ETFS Physical Renminbi ETF has ...

TAL launches online policy upgrade service

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
TAL has launched an online service to allow paperless upgrades of life, TPD and critical illness insurance policies. The Cover Upgrade Express service is designed to simplify circumstances where policies might be upgraded, such as, in TAL general manager ...

Budget delivers blow to aged care

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
Funding to aged-care providers will be cut by $1.2 billion over four years, in a move the government claims was the result of greater than expected growth in expenditure. The budget papers state that the efficiencies will be achieved through "changes ...

What the budget means for you

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... service providers and advice firms throughout the value chain. For the second year running the small business tax rate has been cut from 28.5% to 27.5% from 1 July and the government has redefined what constitutes a small business from those with turnover ...

Labor supports tax cuts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... business and the government's move to address income tax bracket creep. The Labor front bencher said his party would support 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 ...

Ten-year enterprise tax plan to benefit SMEs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
Financial advisers and superannuation industry service providers are likely to be the main beneficiaries of company tax cuts in the 2016/17 Budget. From 1 July 2016 the small business tax rate will be lowered to 27.5% and the turnover threshold for ...

ANZ retains FUM during major wealth restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2016
... related to initiatives to reposition the group for stronger profit before provisions growth in the future." The bank also cut its interim dividend by 7% to 80c per share, which it said "[reflected] a move to gradually consolidate ANZ's dividend payout ...

Drop in regulator staff numbers under coalition

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2016
... Morris that ASIC is reluctant to use its powers against large businesses. It also highlighted how the Coalition government has cut the financial regulator's funding even though ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft has specifically called for additional resources ...