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Household spending drops in September: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
The Commonwealth Bank's (CBA) Household Spending Insights (HSI) index fell 0.7% month on month in September, in seasonally adjusted terms, following a gain in August of 1.6%. The fall in September was in line with expectations, CBA chief economist Stephen ...

Harris vs Trump: Key economic policy differences

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... said. "This corporate tax rise was not implemented by President Biden given the opposition from a Republican controlled House of Representatives over the past four years." Cunneen said the Harris policy proposal is a higher government spending and taxing ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
The $3 million superannuation tax passed the lower house yesterday afternoon with a majority vote count of 52:9, however attempts to see the tax indexed were shot down. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Better Targeted Superannuation Concessions and Other ...

RBA feels 'not enough has changed'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has held strong on its standpoint that an interest rate cut is not yet on the cards, as it released minutes from the September meeting. The board said that while inflation had been slowly coming back into the ...

QIC reports $9bn record earnings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... areas," she said. "This partnership allows us to harness government policy to develop new capabilities as a sovereign in-house LP and drive tangible financial outcomes aligned to priorities for the state, as evidenced by the FY23-24 results."

CFMG Capital raises for $26m Brisbane project

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... provided a "prime opportunity" to benefit from existing market momentum, supported by the ABS' latest data, demonstrating house prices have continued to rise in the June quarter. Speaking of the appeal on the project, Thomson said: "Whilst offering close ...

ASIC crackdown: Action taken against 13 SMSF auditors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
... and proper person to remain an approved SMSF auditor. This action was in addition to the 15 SMSF auditors, engaged in 'in-house audits,' that ASIC announced it acted against in March 2024. "SMSF auditors are key gatekeepers responsible for the growing ...

Rapid growth in super sector poses risk to financial stability: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Significant growth of the superannuation sector has set off alarm bells for the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). In the RBA's September Financial Stability Review, it said the super sector's growth and connections to Australian banks has increased its ...

Household wealth rises in June quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... said. This was largely driven by residential land and dwellings, contributing 1.3 percentage points to quarterly growth. "House prices have continued to rise across most states and territories, despite high interest rates," ABS head of finance statistics ...

Australians living through protracted period of economic misery: CEDA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
Australians are enduring the longest stretch of economic hardship since 2011, according to analysis by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). CEDA's analysis of the "misery index" - which combines inflation, unemployment, and interest ...