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Future Fund investment mandate revised

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2017
... Government's Budget decision to defer drawing down from the Future Fund until at least 2026-27. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said the revised mandate will now be tabled in Parliament. "Since its inception the Future Fund's returns have grown to exceed ...

Advisers doubtful over super home deposit scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2017
... manager Lindzi Caputo said there are still a lot of questions surrounding the initiative, announced in Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget, which aims to help first home buyers save up for a deposit via their super fund while taking advantage of a lower ...

A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison must be beaming when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest update on the country's labour market that showed the unemployment rate dropped from 5.9% in March to 5.7% in April - better ...

Banks hoping to stall new tax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... complexities of bank balance sheets in order to reduce the risk of unintended consequences." Despite Treasurer Scott Morrison announcing the measure as a vehicle to level the playing field of the banking system, ANZ believes the levy in its current forms ...

Housing is cooling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2017
... announced in the 9 May Budget, point to further slowing in the property market going forward. Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison announced measures against investment properties that include levies on vacant investment properties and limitations on depreciation ...

Government trials social impact investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2017
... impact investments aiming to combat social and environmental issues, starting with youth homelessness. Treasurer Scott Morrison revealed in Tuesday's Budget his intentions to source alternative funding mechanisms, namely with the help of the private ...

Another Budget, another promised surplus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... course is that the government's Budget would be in surplus soon (promise!). Let's hear it from Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison's own lips: "Mr Speaker, tonight I announce a fair and responsible path back to a balanced budget. "Having exhausted every ...

Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
Treasurer Scott Morrison's Budget missed the mark in setting superannuation policies right, proving they cannot be trusted with more than $2.1 trillion in assets, according to the Federal Opposition. Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen and Shadow Revenue and ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... digestion. Financial advisers will face several challenges as they attempt to navigate clients through Treasurer Scott Morrison's housing affordability package - from the First Home Super Savers Scheme right through to an initiative encouraging older ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
Opposition leader Bill Shorten is rejecting claims Treasurer Scott Morrison's 2017-18 Budget is anything like a 'Labor Budget.' Shorten went on Twitter to say the Coalition's budget is "out of touch", as a Labor Budget wouldn't slash school funding ...