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Insurers COVID-19 response slammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... but it has now been extended until the end of 2020. But, Maurice Blackburn insurance and financial services law principal Josh Mennen said the FSC's extension doesn't go far enough. "It's only after JobKeeper ends that we will see the full ...

New class action regulations slammed

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Class Actions Australia has slammed new regulations announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg defining class actions as "managed investment schemes" labelling them "bizarre", as the Senate holds its second public hearing into litigation funding and the ...

What to expect from the Retirement Income Review

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... critical this report is immediately released to the public so its findings can be tested and verified. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a review into Australia's retirement income system in September 2019 which was initially due to hand ...

Government announces $184bn deficit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced the country's biggest ever peace-time budget deficit as the economic effects of COVID-19 are realised. Frydenberg and Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann revealed the economic toll while giving an economic ...

Early release of super extended

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... people will be able to apply for up to $10,000 of their super savings until 31 December 2020. In a press conference, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirmed the extension would go ahead. The ERS extension will cost the government $2.22 billion over the forward ...

JobKeeper, JobSeeker to be extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... down, they are not enduring and they are not permanent, they were never designed to be permanent." This comes as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg prepares to deliver his budget update on Thursday this week, which will provide insight into the economic damage ...

Government expands SME Guarantee Scheme

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... the maximum loan term to five years. Lenders will now have the discretion to offer a repayment holiday period. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the expanded scheme will shift from providing access to working capital to helping businesses stay afloat during ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... from the state would be frozen for the six-weeks that the second lockdown is expected to last. Australian Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg estimated that Victoria's lockdown will cost the about A$1 billion a week "for the Victorian economy alone" ...

ATO can make cost of advice cheaper: Asher

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... comments come as the government is due to hand down the findings from the Retirement Income Review that Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg launched last year. He said retirees' needs fall into just five categories: a high income, an income that lasts ...

Melburnians back in the lockup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... country's recovery from recession and/or deepen the ongoing GDP contraction. This, as much, was what Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said in his interview with 'The Australian Financial Review'... "With Victoria comprising around a quarter ...