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Governor Glenn lets his jaw drop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2014
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Glenn Stevens was in Tasmania letting it all rip at the same time that most of us were co-celebrating Dow 17K with our American brethrens on 'Independence Day' eve. On 3 July, Governor Glenn spoke before 'The ...

Australia and New Zealand accountants launch joint brand

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2014
... world and deliver a significant positive impact on small and large businesses alike." White said a core focus for the trans-Tasman organisation will be to lead debate and thinking around the public and economic policy challenges confronting us in the ...

MyState names new CEO

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
Tasmania-based financial services company MyState Limited has appointed Melos Sulicich as its new managing director and chief executive. Sulicich was previously chief executive of RAMS Financial Group and General Manager, Mortgage Broker Distribution ...

Affinia hires regional business consultants

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
TAL-backed Affinia Financial Advisers has appointed one business consultant for Victoria and Tasmania, and one for Western Australia and South Australia. Nadia Docker will be in charge of Victoria and Tasmania, while Natalie Pegg will look after Western ...

AMP axes regional head of advice roles

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
The ongoing restructure at AMP has resulted in at least two regional heads of financial planning leaving the group. AMP head of financial planning in Queensland and North New South Wales Bill Justo left as part of the streamlining of the group's top ...

Women to feel pain of scrapped LISC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
Women and regional Australians will be the worst affected by the government's plan to scrap the Low Income Superannuation Contribution (LISC) scheme, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). Using figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics ...

SPAA makes key corporate services appointments

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2014
The SMSF Professional's' Association of Australia (SPAA) has appointed two executives to focus on corporate development and corporate services. Richard Hockney will be SPAA's general manager of corporate development, while Joshua Geers has been appointed ...

FPA and AFA unite: stop commissions on general advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
The two advice bodies have asked for a complete removal of commissions on general advice during their appearance at the Senate hearing about the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA). The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Budget speech 2014 -15

Madam Speaker, I move that the Bill for the Budget be now read a second time. Our future depends on what we as a nation do today. For our children, for our seniors, for individuals, for families, for our disabled and for our frail, for all of us, the ...