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Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... that is, the diplomatic and trade tensions between Australia and China that traces its progeny with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling for an inquiry into the origins of the pandemic. It was downhill in Sino-Aussie relations from there. ...

Magellan adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
Magellan Financial Group has welcomed a non-executive director with extensive experience in the retail industry to its board. Colette Garnsey has over 40 years' experience in retail, marketing and distribution and is currently the chair of Australian ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... afflict most of the world. But the way it's going for this land down under, it wouldn't be a surprise to find Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Reserve Bank of Australia chief Philip Lowe - also known as Team ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... circumstances where Labor would support pausing the scheduled SG increase Albanese replied categorically, no. Shadow finance minister Stephen Jones also had some criticisms. He took to Twitter to question the manner in which the government released the ...

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... morning, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg presented "evidence-based, independent" findings of the Retirement Income Review with Minister for Superannuation, Financials Services and Financial Technology Jane Hume, that will form the foundations of future policies. ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... ASIC is the accountable authority). In five years with the ANAO, this was the first time Hehir had written a letter to a minister on such a matter. He added that one of the issues that should be addressed in the fallout of the ASIC scandal should be ...

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... money and subjecting them to the same stringent reporting and disclosure requirements as publicly-listed companies. The Minister for Superannuation, Financials Services and Financial Technology told the recent Australian Shareholders Association Investor ...

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Fast forward less than a fortnight later and the country has found itself in the midst of a third wave. Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga, himself, noted surging new cases in Hokkaido, Kanagawa, Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi. While still hesitant to re-declare ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is nigh has injected optimism in the world economies, financial markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
The Federal Court case brought by Mark McVeigh against the $57 billion industry super fund has been dismissed. The case was scheduled to be heard today but Justice Perram ordered that by consent the case was to be dismissed. McVeigh and Rest have been ...