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Foreign resident CGT rules up for consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... is, building from the ordinary meaning) and captures rights and interests over land (regardless of how a state law or territory law treats the interest), things fixed or installed on land, whether or not they are treated another way under state and territory ...

Strengthen Life Code for mental health crisis, claims handling: Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
... standard form contract, consistent with obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 and equivalent state of territory laws. The code's effectiveness in dealing with customers experiencing vulnerability, including commitments to First ...

Tax reform uncertainty to exacerbate property sell-offs: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... knowledge of changes to tenancy laws across Australia. Alarmingly, 10% reported never having heard from their state or territory government regarding tenancy law changes, the report found. It said this is not just a failure of policy - it's a failure ...

Drummond steps up governance and adviser support

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... capability manager. In that role, he supported adviser development across Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. Drummond Capital founder and chief executive Tom Schubert said the appointment reflects Drummond's continued ...

Forrests' donation crowns WA as most generous state: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... or $963. Tasmania had one of the sharpest average donation declines, down 9.9% year on year. The Australian Capital Territory saw a small decline at 7%, while South Australia experienced modest growth, with donations increasing by 1.1%. The Northern ...

Centuria grows agriculture portfolio to $1.3bn with acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... beyond $1 billion of AUM." APIF assets are located throughout New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory and are predominantly leased on annual inflation-linked rental increases. Centuria head of agriculture Andrew Tout said ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... capacity, versus areas where it might be a little more marginal," he says. Expensive properties in Queensland and Northern Territory, with millions of acres, for example, have a very low dollar per acre value because they're not overly productive. ...

Australia's gender pay gap narrows: WGEA reports

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... the national gender pay gap has dropped by 0.7 percentage points (pp) to 21.1%, from 21.8% last year. Every state and territory reduced their gender pay gap with Western Australia recording the largest gap (28.8%) and Tasmania the smallest (10.6%). For ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... global companies that are "implicated in human rights violations and international crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory OPT]". Some of the most well-known globally are Microsoft, Alphabet, Airbnb and Booking.com, Amazon, Palantir Technology ...

Morningstar calls out platform TDPs' use of rebates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... between negative 0.4% and negative 0.5% per year. Moreover, 12 of these returned negative 0.49% - just 0.01% inside pass territory. A product fails if its performance, typically measured over 10 years, falls below -0.5% p.a. Products that fail two years ...