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More to do in the fight against inflation: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
The government is rolling out a host of measures to provide cost-of-living relief to Australians. As previously flagged in the Budget, from this month the government will provide more help for renters, pensioners and reduce the cost of medicines for ...

Average super balances fall

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... top 10 highest paid occupations were: Surgeon - $460,356 Anesthetist - $431,193 Financial dealer - $373,733 Internal medicine specialist - $340,729 Psychiatrist - $276,545 Other medical practitioners - $255,754 Mining engineer - $214,365 Judicial or ...

What's keeping the Treasurer up at night?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said at the Morgan Stanley Australia Summit in Sydney yesterday that a key goal of the Budget was to fight inflation in a way that doesn't damage an already weak economy. "... the primary focus of the Budget was to tackle inflation ...

Higher-for-longer rates dominate adviser conversations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
"Higher-for-longer interest rates" are dictating many adviser-client conversations, according to BT, as they gear up to close the financial year. An analysis of 8000 queries from financial advisers fielded by the BT technical services team found that ...

Budget 2024: Cost of living relief takes centre stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
Support will be boosted for Australians facing acute and urgent financial pressures with $138 million to meet sustained high demand for crisis support including emergency relief, food relief and financial support services. Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced ...

Albanese set to overhaul Stage 3 tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will amend the Stage 3 income tax cuts package, flagging that everyone is set to benefit from the changes. Albanese told radio station 2GB that all taxpayers will receive a tax cut. However, those earning over $180,000 ...

Super gender balance gap increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... $457,281 and $426,894 respectively. The medical profession broadly dominated the highest-paid occupations list as internal medicine specialists, psychiatrists and other medical practitioners made between $251,000 and $335,000. A chief executive or managing ...

Packer donates $7m to mental health research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... is a pressing global challenge, and this gift will help us make real progress in this critical area of research." UNSW medicine and health dean professor Vlado Perkovic said this new chair will lead the way in transforming the understanding, prevention ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... the retention of Australian Defence Force members via a bonus for personnel who sign on for another term of employment. Medicine users: In a change which could allow users of hundreds of common medicines to access up to two months of medication at a ...

Fiducian sees record inflows, eyes expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
... million. "Management and the board remain positive for further growth of Fiducian in the future. Wars always end and modern medicine finds cures for pandemics," executive chair Indy Singh said. "Our expanded network of financial advisers is expected ...