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Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
The federal government has endorsed a recommendation that the Department of Defence establish a dedicated division to deal with private investors to drive the delivery of infrastructure projects. The recommendation was made as part of a review of the ...

RBA overlooked government spending in rate hike: Hearing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) came under fire for overlooking the role government spending, which recently peaked again, has played in driving inflation and interest rate decisions. The grilling came off the back of the Monetary Policy Board upping ...

Macquarie AM to acquire Last Mile Infrastructure and Energy Assets Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... installs, owns and operates last-mile utility connections across the UK. It is also a crucial force in supporting the UK government's targets of building 1.5 million new homes by 2029, and bolstering connections for industrial and commercial properties ...

Tax reform uncertainty to exacerbate property sell-offs: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
More investors are looking to dump property holdings if the government continues to tamper with the capital gains tax (CGT), including the phasing out of negative gearing, an industry body says. According to Property Investment Professionals of Australia ...

Advisers need more support: FAAA submission

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... of advisers and cut through regulatory red tape, while supporting consumer protections. The FAAA urged the federal government to address the drop in adviser numbers, ensuring the supply of professional financial advisers meets the increasing demand. ...

Super trustees told to up fraud protection game

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... urgent need for improved website communications to various trustees and strongly encourages the trustees to monitor government's rollout of the Scams Prevention Framework (SPF). While currently excluded from the SPF, the government has said the framework ...

Future Fund adds $30bn to FUM in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... remaining focused on generating strong risk-adjusted returns," Combet said. "Alongside the new investment mandate, the government also deferred the date of the first drawdown until 2032-33, which provides the opportunity for the fund to not only meet ...

RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... in this tight supply environment," Rynne said. "Importantly the RBA cannot be the only dog in this inflation fight. Government spending, which has been adding to aggregate demand at the margin, needs to also be reined in to help better balance the demand ...

Government consults on victim access to child sex abusers' super

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
After stagnating for several years, the government has released draft legislation to prevent convicted child sexual abusers from hiding their assets in superannuation to avoid compensating their victims. Identical to the January 2023 discussion paper ...

ASIC welcomes new chair

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... Sarah Court has been promoted to the top role after serving as deputy chair. Treasurer Jim Chlamer said the Albanese Government will recommend to the Governor-General that Court be appointed as the next chair of ASIC. "Ms Court has been an excellent ...