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Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... settings as long as is required and will not increase the cash rate target until progress is being made towards full employment and it is confident that inflation will be sustainably within the 2-3% target band." Because of them, we could now "see the ...

AMP, former employee settle

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... substance of the claims made by Cook and intended to vigorously defend the matter. "AMP terminated Ms Baker Cook's employment for misconduct on 21 June 2019 following an external investigation. The investigation found serious breaches by Ms Baker ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... spoken out following the budget announcement calling for a Green New Deal that takes action on climate change, fixes employment crisis and ends inequality. Taking to Twitter, Bandt said the Greens will be fighting the tax cuts, which he said are benefitting ...

Budget boosts female participation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... suffered most acutely in the earlier stages of the pandemic. Between May and August around 270,000 females regained employment compared to 190,000 males. "As the health restrictions have eased, these jobs have started to come back, with 60% of the 458,000 ...

Tax concessions, infrastructure in focus for budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... said the Attorney-General has been in discussions with unions and employer groups to find common ground in boosting employment, a lot of which will be generated from higher infrastructure spending. "More affordable and reliable energy. More effective ...

Chief economist update: Morrison manufactures Australia's future

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... end of 2019 - before the pandemic froze economic activity. Consequentially, manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment has also fallen to around 7.1% this year from 16.7% in 1984 (the earliest I could find). The prime minister's initiative ...

Real estate manager launches fresh fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... services retailers. The shopping centre also boasts a prime location, superior car parking and a significant government employment base, the investment manager said. Elanor believes the real estate asset also boasts "significant value-add opportunities" ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... 'Chicago' -- "baby, what a big surprise" - all at once. To quote, "Australia's seasonally adjusted estimate of employment increased by 111,000 people in August 2020, with: - the number of unemployed people decreasing by 86,500 people; - the ...

Aware Super joins forces with Dutch pension fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... the sectors of education, government, construction, cleaning, housing associations, energy and utilities, sheltered employment organizations and medical specialists. It manages €524 billion in pension assets for the pension funds in these sectors. ...

Chief economist update: Zero beyond 2023

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... range until labor market conditions have reached levels consistent with the Committee's assessments of maximum employment and inflation has risen to 2% and is on track to moderately exceed 2% for some time". Based on the September dot plot, the Fed ...