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Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... and crossbench, and we will have more to say about their involvement." The public consultation process is now open, and people and organisations can submit proposals and ideas through the Treasury website. Submissions close on July 25. The government ...

Bombora Advice appoints new chair, managing director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... to financial services diversity, including greater representation of women in advice and pro bono financial services for people facing hardship. McConville said he was delighted to take on the new role. "My focus will be the next phase of Bombora's strategic ...

First Super deputy CEO jumps ship

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... its deputy chief executive and is now on the hunt for a successor. After four years with the industry fund that serves people in the furniture and joinery, pulp and paper and timber industries, Michelle Boucher has taken a role at REI Super. REI Super ...

Super a 'taxpayer subsidised inheritance scheme': Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... $3 million is a "generous threshold", even without being indexed. "I think it's an exaggeration that'll really hit young people hard. And I think it's not unprecedented to have unindexed thresholds in our tax system," Moloney said. "The most important ...

Dodgy dentist defrauds members after draining super for medical procedures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... retirement savings without any real understanding of the tax penalties or medical risks involved. "We are hearing from people who are in daily pain and struggling with broken implants, infections, and untreated complications," she said. "What we're ...

4600 relevant providers yet to meet qualification standards: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... announced the regulator is kicking off a social media campaign to drive awareness of high-pressure sales tactics and direct people to the Moneysmart website for information on how to protect their interests. These issues include consumers being lured ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... described as too often seen as "cold" and "almost soulless," despite it being, as he also noted, the best way to improve people's lives over time, was stagnant in the March quarter and declined over the year, according to the latest figures from the ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows. "Despite employment falling by 2000 people this month, it's up 2.3% compared to May 2024, which is stronger than the pre-pandemic, 10-year average annual growth of 1.7%," ...

Australian wealth increases despite variable global growth: UBS

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... 11% year-on-year in 2024 and by over 19% since 2020," UBS said. "The difference between these two measures suggests that people in the middle of the wealth scale enjoyed more pronounced wealth growth than their peers in higher wealth bands." Further ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... that manage to rouse even the members who tend to tune out. Regardless, "it's a hard war to win," she said, as ultimately, people don't usually engage with their superannuation until they hit certain age milestones, particularly around 40, when perhaps ...