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Sweeping tax cuts announced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... $700, increases the 19% tax bracket from $37,000 to $45,000 and lifts the 32.5% threshold from $90,000 to $120,000. "Australians will have more of their own money to spend on what matters to them, generating billions of dollars of economic activity and ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... to Twitter, Albanese said: "Being a leader means taking responsibility - in the good times, and in the bad times. Australians need jobs now. The Morrison Government needs to create them now. This is one buck Scott Morrison can't pass." Assistant Treasurer ...

Government declares record deficit, super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... Frydenberg announced that new super accounts will no longer be automatically created every time a worker changes jobs, with Australians to be 'stapled' to their super account. Further, from July 2021, APRA will benchmark MySuper products, with ...

ERS extension flagged, criticised

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... the possibility last night ahead of this evening's budget announcement. ISA has called for the scheme to end, saying Australians will be forced to pay tens of billions more in taxes and suffer lower investment returns if the government opens a third ...

Pandemic proves value of advice: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... research. The Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) inaugural Money & Life Tracker: COVID Edition reveals Australians with financial advisers were not financially impacted by the pandemic compared to those without an adviser. Furthermore ...

Calls for aged care overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... according to the Grattan Institute. Grattan health program director Stephen Duckett said the care and support of older Australians must come before the profits of private providers. "Ageism is part of the problem, and emphasising the rights of older ...

Adviser charged with stealing super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
A West Australian financial adviser who has worked across some of Australia's largest licensees could face 15 years in jail after being charged with four counts of dishonest conduct in relation to hardship superannuation requests. Rahul Goel is ...

Vanguard to cull institutional mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
The investing giant will wind up mandates with 12 local institutional investors, as it pivots away from the lower-fee business line to retail, adviser and its in-house super offering. Vanguard will discontinue special mandates but still allow them in ...

Tax concessions, infrastructure in focus for budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... that are necessary, and we've acted. And that's what you have seen for the last six months. That's what Australians will continue to see." Morrison said there will be three main components to the budget; cushioning the blow from COVID-19 ...

LGS partners with SuperFriend

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... chief commercial officer, group life & investments Andrew Howard said that now, more than ever, it is essential for Australians to have access to education and support on mental health. "We have worked closely with SuperFriend to successfully embed compulsory ...