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ASFA sets out productivity plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... stability could be achieved by linking significant policy changes in superannuation to the publication of the Federal Government's five yearly Intergeneration Report," Fahy said. ASFA added that it has engaged with the Treasury and government in progressing ...

Chief economist update: Good US employment news is not so good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... Trump authorized states to pay $400 per week in additional benefits with 75% of the funding coming from the federal government and 25% from states. He also suspended payroll tax collection and extended the federal eviction moratorium that expired last ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... lockdown that's expected to last until 13 September this year (assuming all goes well). Australia's federal government and that of Victoria plan or already have rolled out policies and cash to mitigate the impact on businesses and those who'll ...

Value to be found in childcare stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... child's family," James said. "In addition, childcare centres nationally will receive Transition Payments from the federal government until October 4, which account to around 25% of normal revenue. We expect these measures will support the childcare ...

Domestic violence super reforms stall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
Representatives from industry super and a legal body have called on the Federal Government to deliver on a promised scheme that would have stopped domestic violence perpetrators from hiding their super assets from their spouses. Women's Legal Service ...

ASIC will not appeal wagyu and shiraz decision

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... (National Credit Act) to clarify further the enforcement of those principles is ultimately a matter for the Federal Government and Parliament. "Bearing in mind the economic circumstances, it is important to remember that under the National Credit Act ...

No such thing as a free lunch: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... Foundation, Lowe stressed that while the subject of the RBA using its balance sheet to create money for the federal government comes up a lot, it is not an option the bank will ever take. Lowe said he has also been questioned as to why the RBA doesn't ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... Treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson in that year [1790]" where "the US federal government assumed all the debt incurred by the US states during the War of Independence, laying the foundation for a strong central ...

Ombudsman demands changes for small business insolvencies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... further recommendation was to establish a small business debt hibernation instrument when a state, territory or federal government declares a systemic shock such as a pandemic or significant economic downturn. During the recommended hibernation period ...

JobKeeper, JobSeeker to be extended

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... COVID-supplement payment post-December," Morrison said. The extension of the JobSeeker program will cost the federal government an extra $3.8 billion, bringing the total cost of the program to $16.8 billion. The JobKeeper wage subsidy scheme had been ...