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Budget to back aspiring homeowners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... and permanent residents, to purchase or construct a new home in regional areas, subject to the passage of enabling legislation. Additionally, 5000 guarantees each year from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025 will expand the Family Home Guarantee initiative ...

Accountants lobby for 10 budget reforms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
... e-commerce; implementing Board of Taxation recommendations on small business CGT concessions; and CA ANZ wants to see draft legislation to fix the 'Backpacker Tax' and announce new arrangements for working holiday makers, now borders are open. CA ANZ ...

New hire salaries skyrocket: Recruiter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... stakeholder management skills," Robert Half said. "Compliance professionals who can work alongside stakeholders to interpret legislation and assess the impacts of regulatory change on a business will also be highly sought after." Robert Half said candidates ...

Disclosure lacking in common ownership: Committee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... annual basis, the committee said. Note, superannuation funds are already required to disclose their holdings under legislation effective 31 December 2021. The inquiry said it also considered the introduction of a beneficial ownership register and lowering ...

ASIC opens CCIV licensing consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle Framework and Other Measures Bill 2021 passed parliament on February 10. The legislation enables the setup of CCIVs as a new type of company that is limited by shares and has a single corporate director. It is ...

Can Russia use crypto to get around sanctions?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... there also other ways of moving crypto assets outside of the exchanges, and that is harder to govern... They can use legislation for all listed exchanges, but it is harder to manage the crypto circulation outside of the exchange system in the dark/deep ...

Advisers call out regulation backflip

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... principles-based system," Osborne said. While a principles-based regulatory regime might be ideal, he thinks that the current legislation "is not that prescriptive or onerous". "With the ability to interpret what is there it already provides us with ...

FPA pushes for advice law simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... Australian Law Reform Commission review, FPA chief executive Sarah Abood is calling for the elimination of layers of legislation that advisers face that ultimately comes at the expense of consumers. "Financial planners are not lawyers, but it may be ...

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... Climate Goals was introduced into the California state Senate last week by Senator Lena A. Gonzalez. If passed, the legislation will force the California Public Employees' Retirement System and the California State Teachers' Retirement System to divest ...

ASIC consults on refreshing PDSs, FSGs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... Most of the instruments will automatically repeal or cease in the next two years if not remade, ASIC said. "Under the Legislation Act 2003, legislative instruments are repealed automatically, or 'sunset' after a period of time unless action is ...