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ASFA lifts comfortable retirement standard to $730k for couples

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... automotive fuel rose 24.2%. Food staples also climbed, with beef up 11.8%, and coffee and tea rising 10.7%. Housing affordability continues to be a key factor driving higher perceived savings targets. Many younger Australians expect to carry housing ...

Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). These policies, Chalmers said, will help deal with the collapse in housing affordability which has disproportionately impacted younger Australians. The reforms are about rebalancing a tax system that favours ...

Calls for CGT, negative gearing reforms 'unanimous': Mulino

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... this," Mulino said. Mulino also signalled the government is prepared to use additional tax levers to address housing affordability and intergeneration inequity. Despite the reforms having been touched on by the government, Mulino stopped short of confirming ...

Senate report provides fuel for CGT discount tweak

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... Association, which said taxing investors funding the development of more rental properties only worsens housing affordability and would lead to fewer houses, not more. The Coalition said the current CGT discount is working as intended and should not ...

HESTA logs record downsizer contributions in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... growing families," she said, adding that this could also be a positive sign for cities struggling with the housing affordability challenge. HESTA chief engagement and growth officer Josh Parisotto said that while there can be strong benefit, it's ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... in homes, not corporations," he wrote. Institutions are often cited as being a core driver behind the US housing affordability crisis, buying up properties that would historically have gone to first-time buyers and turning them into rentals. Policy settings ...

Clime gains ground on culture, business model reset

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... has clocked 394,000 views in FY25, generating interest on the topics of intergenerational economics and housing affordability. "More important than metrics, clients are telling us they feel 'reconnected with Clime.' That reconnection - with our ...

Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue': Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... the Coalition should throw out its massive anti-super bias and start backing in real reforms to improve housing affordability."

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... which seriously boosts housing supply. They've provided more demand-side subsidies that tend to make housing affordability worse rather than better." CA ANZ's chief executive Ainslie van Onselen said the policies fail to deliver meaningful tax reform ...

Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... investors such as superannuation funds, family offices and philanthropists. Reflecting on the intensifying housing affordability crisis, the new chair noted that back in 2018, Sydney's median house price was $1 million. Today, it has surged to $1.69 ...
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