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Showing 11 - 20 of 114 results for "Senate Inquiry"

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... target for mortgage arrears of between 2% and 3%," HIA chief economist Tim Reardon said. In its submission to the Senate inquiry into the financial regulatory framework and home ownership, HIA identified that a decade of additional costs has restricted ...

Pensioners to pay more under aged care reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... accessible from age 50 provided they have exhausted other alternatives and actively choose to enter aged care. A Senate inquiry is to review the proposed legislation over a six-week period, but the government expects to pass the reforms by the end of ...

Super account advice fees a sticking point for advice bill: Senate inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
The government committee tracking the implementation of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms emphasised in its final report it wants "greater legal clarity" to how advice fees are deducted from superannuation fund accounts. The Senate ...

I can only apologise: PwC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
PwC Australia boss Kevin Burrowes and former chief executive Luke Sayers were grilled this morning in a Senate Inquiry as fallout continues over the embattled firm's tax scandal. Emails sent by former PwC head of international tax Peter-John Collins ...

Mayfair 101 calls for senate inquiry into ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney believes the government should look into how ASIC's investigation into the firm was initiated and the speed at which it was carried out. Recent reports from The Australian suggest an email from John Hempton, founder ...

Senate inquiry to scrutinise proposed franking credit rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
A Senate Economics Committee inquiry will scrutinise the government's proposed changes to franking credits, which target share buybacks and capital raisings. In February, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones introduced ...

Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... resulting additional demand for housing will not be matched by an increase in supply. The Retirement Income Review, a Senate Inquiry and Grattan have all rejected 'super for a house'." Not only would allowing early access to super to buy a home hurt ...

YFYS net must be cast wider: Cbus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... measures and other measures - it needs such amendment that it should not be passed as it stands," she said. The Senate inquiry report on the legislation is due by 22 April 2021 and the proposed measures are intended to apply from 1 July 2021.

Financial services sees improved mental health

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... insurance services workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The leap comes after a challenging few years, following the Senate Inquiry into Insurance and the Royal Commission. The report found that the industry's overall thriving workplace score leapt to ...

Super, life risk face election test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... earning threshold are two key planks of the Women in Super 'Make Super Fair' campaign and key recommendations of the Senate Inquiry into Economic Security for Women in Retirement," Wood said at the time. While SMSFs may end up heavily impacted by Labor's ...