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Post-holiday blues drives retirement tool engagement

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... 38% above the annual average. The final two weeks of June delivered comparable activity rates, HESTA said, coinciding with tax time. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey credited the seasonal upsurge in activity to dreams of an endless summer in retirement. ...

IFS unveils new pathway for industry super fund advice

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... members often seek guidance focused on education, decision-making and goal setting rather than complex portfolio management or tax structuring. "However, many advisers find it challenging to adapt their traditional advice models to meet these expectations ...

Shadow Minister for Financial Services Pat Conaghan resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... post-implementation review, it still has no credible plan to stabilise the scheme. Once again Labor's solution is a bigger tax," he said. Conaghan also criticised Mulino's recent proposals to force super funds to help fund the special levy. "Even ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... buy global shares ETFs in London rather than in Sydney," Tuckwell said. "If you take the London route, often the ETFs are tax domiciled in either Luxembourg or Ireland, and you pay less tax on the dividends." For the smaller end of town, taxes paid on ...

Improvised super tax poses unfair, inequitable outcomes: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... The submission calls for targeted amendments to minimise adverse outcomes and proposes a simplification of the capital gains tax (CGT) adjustment provisions to reduce unnecessary complexity. While enabling capital gains accrued before 1 July 2026 to ...

Study reveals who bares brunt of US tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... myth. The data show the opposite: Americans are footing the bill," Hinz said. Hinz said the tariffs act like a consumption tax on imported goods. At the same time, both the variety and volume of available products decrease. The research team analysed ...

Oxfam calls for net wealth tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... said those individuals hold more wealth than the bottom 40% of the population combined. Oxfam has called on the government to tax the super-rich and remove tax breaks that allow them to amass extreme wealth. Oxfam has urged the government to introduce ...

Replace capital gains discount with income averaging: e61

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... to address the impact of inflation and the lumpiness of gains, which can push low and middle-income Australians into higher tax brackets in a single year. Any reform must still address these two legitimate issues." e61 said a better system would reduce ...

HESTA logs record downsizer contributions in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... members are increasingly aware of how they can use this policy to both unlock their housing equity and boost their super in a tax-effective way." HESTA's contribution data revealed the strongest growth was in South Australia with a 60% spike, as downsizers ...

Forrests' donation crowns WA as most generous state: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... donations it didn't stop the Aussie spirit of generosity as more chose to donate than the previous year," said Rawnsley. KPMG tax partner Craig Robinson said while it is not always the main driver for making charitable donations, obtaining a tax deduction ...