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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 ...

Chief economist update: Haste makes Budget waste

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... haste will have spikes buried deeper in their feet"... and deeper it has gone in Victoria. So now we have the Federal government extending its "support measures" - originally envisaged to be in effect for six months (from March to September) extended ...

Stimulus stutters amid record unemployment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... employment are not counted as unemployed by the ABS. On the same day the unemployment data was released, the federal government announced its JobTrainer package. The package will support small and medium sized businesses in employing apprentices and ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... tourism operators who can no longer work on Melbourne-based visitors for holidays" (news.com.au). The Australian Federal government is also expected implement spending measures in aid of Victoria. For as Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared, "We're ...

Experts battle for GST reform

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... the states traditionally receive the GST revenue, in this instance the bill for the cut should be paid by the federal government," he said. "It's the federal government that is responsible for managing the national economy. State budgets, already hard ...