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A one-handed clap for ScoMo's Budget

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
Australian Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison must be beaming when the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest update on the country's labour market that showed the unemployment rate dropped from 5.9% in March to 5.7% in April - better ...

Treasury responds to ABA derision over bank levy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2017
... consequences on the economy and financial system." In response, Fraser pointed to Budget papers outlining revenue and expenditure decisions. Fraser assured the ABA that, given the tight deadline imposed, his department is working with the Office of Parliamentary ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... practices and other service providers with a turnover up to $10 million will continue to be able to immediately write off expenditure up to $20,000 for a further year. They will also have their tax rate cut to 27.5% for the 2016-17 financial year, the ...

Government debt on its way to $606bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... Morrison's expansionary second budget, bankrolled by government receipts rising more than 6% per annum compared to expenditure rising by 4% per annum, sets Australia on the road towards a surplus by 2020 but one supported by record Commonwealth debt ...

Treasurer opens the way for increased infrastructure spending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... different measure of the budget known as "net operating balance", or the difference between the government's revenue and expenditure. By highlighting this measure, the government will be able to better indicate whether its spending and income are balanced ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... rectitude - started by Donald Trump that's gaining copycats around the world? Yes, promised or actual increases in fiscal expenditure boost economic growth. But it also raises deficits and debts - ones that need to be recovered sometime in the future... ...

Media Super launches $30m revolving fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 APR 2017
Media Super created a $30 million fund to help finance national research and development projects. The revolving fund makes loans of up to $3 million to companies undertaking research and development eligible for an R&D tax credit under the Federal ...

Super trustees need better vigilance: APRA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... transparency around how members' money is used," Rowell said. "That includes an ongoing focus on ensuring that all expenditure has a clear purpose or objective, with appropriate assessment and monitoring of whether or not that expenditure has achieved ...

Workers' retirement angst growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... retirees who did not use a planner. The unadvised spent four times more of their retirement nest egg on lifestyle expenditure such as renovations, holidays and new vehicles than planned retirees. The research also found fewer than one in five workers ...

Westpac faces lending practices breach: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... systems as part of its rigorous credit approval process", which includes utilising benchmarks such as the Household Expenditure Measure (HEM), published by the Melbourne Institute for Social and Economic Research, which provides broad analysis of customer ...