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KPMG recommends gender-focused super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... recipients of Carer Payment were instead placed into formal care, such as high-care aged care facilities for frail aged people and NDIS service provision for people with a disability, the cost to the federal budget of that service provision would rise," ...

Government pledges $2bn to fast-track social housing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... million) followed by Victoria ($496 million) and Queensland ($398 million). Meanwhile, shadow minister for social services, NDIS, housing, and homelessness Michael Sukkar criticised the announcement saying: "The hurried nature of the announcement means ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... welfare - are up only 1% and 2% this year. Social security and welfare spending nevertheless has some big growth areas with NDIS expenditure climbing from a 2021-22 final budget outcome of $29 billion to $35 billion in 2022-23 for a huge 22% growth ...

Budget delivers surplus, with a catch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... pressures from fast-growing payment areas including in defence, health, aged care, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and interest payments. To address these challenges, the government said it's taking steps to "strengthen the fiscal ...

Budget all about responsible economic management: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... the trillion dollars in Liberal debt that we inherited from our predecessors," he said. "That is growing faster than the NDIS, aged care, healthcare and national defence. So, we do take those challenges seriously." Chalmers explained that in the near ...

Jameson TTB, ANZ partner to deliver housing project

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... commence this month and is expected to be completed in April 2024. Jameson is funding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) project through its $100 million Jameson Special Situations Fund (JSSits). The fund invests in a diversified portfolio ...

The self-funded retiree is a misnomer: Institute

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... billion, while the value of the entire Age Pension program is $55.3 billion. They also equate to more than the total cost of the NDIS ($35.5bn), with the cost rising to 2% of GDP, up 0.5% since the turn of the century. "Super tax concessions now rank ...

Advising through disability implications

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... when dealing with systems that require medical information for disability or payments, there is often a mismatch. "[The] NDIS, Centrelink and TPD claims are all functional impairment-based policies, payments or benefits," he said. Johns explained each ...

Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... not looking for extra expenditure, it's also recognising that there are financial pressures in terms of aged care and NDIS." "So instead of someone earning half a percent, or 1%, on their term deposit they are now earning 2%, it's a small addition ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... face growing pressures with interest payments and essential services - such as the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), hospitals, aged care, medical benefits, Age Pension and defence - growing faster than the economy. These spending pressures ...