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Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... retirement in 2011, including four years as chair, seeing the bank through the Global Financial Crisis. Prime Minister Scott Morrison paid tribute to Evans, calling him one of Australia's great public servants. "Ted has left an indelible mark on Australia. ...

1.5 metres to trigger real estate downfall

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... REITs, according to global real estate manager Principal Global Investors. It comes a day after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a rent relief package for commercial tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Investors are pricing in the impact ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... afternoon 700,000 businesses had registered for this support and this number continues to grow," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. "This is the greatest economic crisis to effect the world in many generations," Morrison said. "We have responded with ...

Stimulus is finite: Prime Minister

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... timeframe. Asked at a press conference how the modelling was helping with the economic response plan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison explained economic decisions have been made with modelling of the medical crisis in mind. "There are two parts to those ...

Super funds face penalties over early release failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... those powers in circumstances where it is in the best interest of fund members to do so," he added. Frydenberg and the Morrison government are positioning the early withdrawals from super as a "Team Australia" moment and have been clear that super funds ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
While there may be uncertainty surrounding the economic implications of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear; if business leaders are not consistent, empathetic and clear with their response, they should prepare to face the music. Although ...

ACTU pokes holes in JobKeeper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... understands the grave situation Australian workers find themselves in," McManus said. "Less than three weeks ago the Morrison government wouldn't consider the notion of a wage subsidy." McManus said the program needed safeguards to ensure people ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... splintering of the single currency region from splintering due to the "Grexit" contagion. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison may have been just politicking when he announced several bushfire recovery measures - topped by a A$2 billion funding for ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced $130 billion of spending over the next six months to support the livelihoods of Australians who lose their jobs and income as a result of COVID-19. The government anticipates as many as six million Australians ...

Ontario Teachers' takes stake in Sydney desal plant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The $201 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan along with Morrison & Co, on behalf of the Utilities Trust of Australia have acquired The Infrastructure Fund's ownership stake in the Sydney Desalination Plant. Following the transaction, Ontario Teachers' ...