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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 ...

Budget 2024: Additional $11.3bn promised for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... deliver a comprehensive Homes for Australia plan. "We're easing the cost of living - and we're building more homes for Australians. In the five years from this July, we aim to build 1.2 million of them. Our goal is ambitious - but achievable, if we all ...

Budget 2024: Government heeds industry calls to better support women

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... or travel time and will only apply to employment. According to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, 2.65 million Australians are carers and are more likely to be women; 12.3% of all females are providing care and 71.8% of primary carers are women.

Budget 2024: Chalmers looks to reset aged care, NDIS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... and deserve," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. "Over the last decade the NDIS has delivered life-changing support for Australians with disability. All of us in this place take pride in it - and all of us must take responsibility for securing its future. ...

FAAA calls for 'fairness' ahead of Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... consumers hit hard by the cost-of-living crisis. The FAAA said cost is continually cited as the number one reason why Australians don't seek professional advice, and these measures would help by reducing the cost of professional financial advice and ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Advisers" who will not be financially incentivised in a bid to make advice more affordable and accessible for everyday Australians via banks, super funds, and life insurers. Vynokur predicts that the banks will "no doubt be back in this game but in a ...

Iress says its GitHub user space was breached

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
Iress has disclosed to shareholders that its private user space with software code repository GitHub was subjected to a cyber-attack over the weekend. On Saturday, GitHub - a third-party platform that manages software code before it goes live on another ...

Rest calls for removal of minimum work hours for super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... minimum hours rule for the superannuation guarantee to apply. Research conducted for Rest by CRNRSTONE found 82% of Australians think the law should be changed so that Australian workers - many of which are under 18 - can earn superannuation regardless ...

Inflation spooks retirees more than healthcare costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... prioritise saving for a brighter future," she said. A survey from Equip Super yielded similar results. Six in seven Australians (85%) are more cautious about how and what they spend money on, given the rising cost of living and inflation pressures. Equip ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... people from inappropriate advice fees. We're calling on assistant treasurer Stephen Jones to protect the savings of Australians from dodgy practices by retaining these protections," O'Halloran said. "It is good to see ASIC shining a light on ...