Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 371 - 380 of 2153 results for "Extra"

Labor to push for YFYS stapling amendments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
Stapling is expected to be the thorn in the Liberals' side when the Your Future, Your Super bill hits parliament next week, as shadow treasurer Stephen Jones digs his heels in on the start date and exclusions for members in hazardous occupations. ...

PPS Mutual launches member offer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... our overall risk pool." Members with income protection issued on or after 1 July 2019 (where loadings do not exceed +100% extra morbidity) will qualify and is applications are available between 1 May 2021 and 30 June 2022. In December, PPS Mutual removed ...

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... more later. The Fed's forward guidance that monetary policy would remain accommodative "until at least 2023" offers extra incentive to "buy now pay later". The Biden administration's fiscal policy largesse - already implemented and proposed - ...

No big losers in FY22 budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... boosting workforce participation and women's economic security, and is expected to see 40,000 people able to work an extra day each week, Frydenberg said. Elsewhere, after many years of lobbying, the threshold that requires workers to earn a minimum ...

Infrastructure investment builds to $170bn

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... and it's not just concrete and steel. Billed as one of the budget's cornerstone commitments, the government will spend an extra $15 billion over the coming decade on projects around Australia ranging from roads, to ports, to expanding runways at major ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... doubling its capacity to release funds into a first home from $30,000 to $50,000, but as this is based on members putting that extra amount into their superannuation account by way of voluntary contributions, this measure is just for show. Yes, it might ...

Aged care expenditure to jump 37%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... providers and introducing better choice and control mechanisms. The My Aged Care website and contact centres will receive extra attention through the imposition of higher performance and client satisfaction targets. Disclosure standards of performance ...

Rest offers extra parental leave

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Rest has increased its parental leave for employees who work full time or part time. Eligible employees can now claim 16 weeks of paid parental leave instead of the 14 weeks previously available can be taken flexibly during a 12-month period. Rest chief ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... above the $15/hr federal minimum wage". Voice of America says: "The federal government is continuing to make $300-a-week extra payments to the jobless into early September, on top of less generous state benefits, a provision that will help millions of ...

Research aims to solve cash conundrum

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... potentially a higher return than cash, generated from having exposure to local and international shares. In this market, every extra point of return counts," he said. He added that the complexity of this issue is why professional financial adviser is ...