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Infocus adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The national advice group welcomed an executive general manager, strategic relationships after also adding a chief financial and operations officer. Matthew Fogarty has joined the Infocus team in the strategic relationships role, bringing more than ...

AZ NGA practices merge on road to 'super firm'

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... industry funds." He said the heightened M&A activity reflects the firm's ambitions to build a "super firm". "As an aspiring national firm, EWM is strongly positioned to innovate and provide different advice propositions, including a lower cost service ...

Labor accelerates defence spending

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The defence portfolio will grow to $57.6 billion over the next decade as the Albanese government tightens national and economic security amid growing geopolitical tensions. As announced last year, the government will invest an additional $50.3 billion ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) and the Social Housing Accelerator. Rounds 1 and 2 of the HAFF and round 1 of the National Housing Accord are poised to deliver around 18,000 social and affordable homes. The $54 million announced this evening comes ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... platform. How we help finish the fight against inflation. How we keep rebuilding living standards. And how we maximise our national advantages to benefit middle Australia. "The plan at the core of this Budget is about more than putting the worst behind ...

Roads, railways, NBN winners in Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... NBN Co. will be bolstered by an additional equity investment of up to $3 billion to upgrade Australia's remaining national fibre-to-the-node network to enable access to faster and more reliable broadband services. "This will complete the rollout ...

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... have to pay more taxes in future, because the expenditure is going up another $180 billion in losses coming up. So, the national debt is going to well exceed a trillion dollars, and the interest cost on that bill is going from $28 billion to nearly $40 ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... eight new Centres of Training Excellence to deliver said services. Commenting, Chalmers described women's health as a "national priority". "This funding will help Australian women save on contraception, access more endometriosis and pelvic pain clinics ...

Splintered globalisation a boon for AI, metals, EVs: PGIM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... comparative advantages in business environment or labour cost like India or Vietnam." In the Asia Pacific, Australia is a "national winner" for its broad metals and minerals. PGIM predicts that artificial intelligence and advanced semiconductors offer ...

AMP staff surveillance slammed by FSU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... share plan grant, and if they do not sign, will not be eligible for employee incentive programs, the union said. FSU national assistant secretary Nicole McPherson said the union was shocked when it saw AMP's proposed replacement contract and urged ...