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QIC Ventures helps raise $25m for defence tech company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... the Series A fundraise. Locally, Arkeus is providing technology for the Australian Army Wide Area Airborne Surveillance Program, which heightens sensing capabilities of its Tactical UAS fleet. It has also won contracts with the US Department of War following ...

ASIC flags disclosure flaws in first wave of mandatory climate reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... mandated emissions obligations such as the Safeguard Mechanism. Looking ahead, ASIC said its 2026 to 2027 surveillance program will focus on financial reporting areas involving significant judgement, including revenue recognition, asset impairment and ...

Budget boosts fuel security, misses clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... are all investments in our long-term fuel resilience. We'll produce more fuel through our $1.1 billion Cleaner Fuels Program, backed with reforms to our low carbon liquid fuels market to support demand." Furthermore, some 20% of the country's ...

Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Addressing the National Press Club Treasurer Jim Chalmers said global shocks are no longer rare and it is not possible to wait for calm to embark on big policy changes. "It's no longer possible to separate cyclical and structural change, or to deal ...

Future Fund executive departs after 10 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... investment governance and technology, I see a clear opportunity: to apply the governance discipline of the investment program to the investment technology and data programs that serve the investment mission," Grant said. Grant spent a decade at Future ...

Foreign investors housing ban extended

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... we have a further $5.9 billion available to states and territories as part of the 100,000 Homes for First Home Buyers program." Moreover, the government is also investing in workforce capacity, including $85.2 million to accelerate skills assessments ...

Government plans 'standardised' assessment for NDIS

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... participation activities. Unscheduled reassessments, the government said, has been the major driver of spending growth in the program, an average reassessment resulting in a 20% increase in plan value. To address this, the government will tighten criteria ...

Government to commit $3.7bn to strengthen aged care access

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... aged care providers who build or expand residential accommodation, deliver up to 20 additional Specialist Dementia Care Program units and expand the Hospital to Aged Care Dementia Support program from 11 to 20 locations nationally. This was previously ...

Chalmers overhauls negative gearing, CGT discount

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has affirmed the highly anticipated overhauls to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing in a bid to "level the playing field for first home buyers." The 50% CGT discount will be replaced with inflation-adjusted ...

ASIC bans property wealth coach operating without licence

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
ASIC has permanently banned Queensland property developer Trent Simon Giumelli from providing financial services after he raised $48 million from members for real estate wealth coaching programs without a financial services licence. ASIC has accused ...