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Scott Morrison becomes Prime Minister, markets react

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2018
... at times, constrains the capacity of successive governments to pursue policy changes." Outgoing Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he would quit the parliament "not before too long." In the previous leadership spills in 2010, 2013 and 2015, Australian ...

Farmers should urgently access super: Advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... time limit for receiving the FHA from three to four years was introduced to Parliament on June 20. Overnight on Twitter, Turnbull also said the asset threshold will also increase to $5 million, which means 27,000 families and single farmers who are currently ...

ASIC staff to investigate institutions from the inside

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2018
... joint statement, Treasurer Scott Morrison and Minister for Financial Services and Revenue Kelly O'Dwyer said: "The Turnbull Government is committed to ensuring ASIC is equipped with the resources and powers it needs to effectively detect, deter and ...

SuperStream changes consultation opens

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... Services Kelly O'Dwyer said the change would make it easier for Australians choosing to manage their own super. "The Turnbull Government is supporting Australians who choose to manage their own superannuation through an SMSF by making it easier for them ...

Government cuts SMSF red tape

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUL 2018
The move by the Turnbull Government to release a discussion paper to change the annual audit cycle for some self-managed superannuation funds to three years has been welcomed by the SMSF Association. Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly ...

Amnesty granted to employers with unpaid SG

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018
... 2014-15. "While this represents a 95% compliance rate, any level of non-compliance is unacceptable, which is why the Turnbull Government is giving the ATO the tools it needs to enforce compliance going forward," Minister of revenue and financial services ...

Labor responds to 'unfair' Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... and the banks an $80 billion tax handout, making every day Australians pay for it with savage cuts. "All the worst of Turnbull's cuts are still in this budget - the cuts to schools, the cuts to hospitals, and the cuts to pensioners. "Every budget is ...

Federal government responds to white collar crime Senate inquiry

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... services or credit licensees in the conduct of their business where necessary to address or prevent risk to consumers. "The Turnbull Government is increasing penalties for corporate and financial misconduct to protect Australian consumers. These strong ...

Chief economist update: Malcolm puts agricuture in the middle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... would have been better for us if we had done it years ago." These are the words from Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull doing a "mea culpa" for waiting two years before establishing the Royal Commission investigating misconducts (and boy, there ...

Government targeted for delaying Royal Commission

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
The Turnbull Government's initial resistance to the Royal Commission was targeted by social media this week. Perhaps unsurprisingly, much of the criticism was leveled by Labor and Greens politicians - although the former Deputy Prime Minister also expressed ...