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ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
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Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... you, I and Irene forget, there's also the A$74.6 billion spending splurge announced on the 11th of May in the 2021/22 Budget to secure Australia's recovery. For sure and for certain, the government wouldn't be taking back the money it announced ...

Chief economist update: China and Australia's interdependence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... and counter-cyclical efforts to sustain this. A slump in iron ore prices would certainly affect Australia's trade and budget accounts but it's not the be all and end all for the domestic economy. So would completely disengaging with China. But ...

Accessing super cements inequality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... the pandemic, the study found. "Opportunities to recoup these losses are likely to be limited, with the recent federal budget predicting continued low wage growth and a continued shift to part time work," the report's author Emily Porter, who is a fellow ...

Chief economist update: Twist in tail of Aussie economic revival

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... the easing of COVID-19 restrictions and low interest rates," it reads. Taken May 11-19, IHS Markit failed to include the budget - the one where treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a spending splurge of around $74.6 billion in order secure Australia's ...

ECPI draft legislation released

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... simplify reporting for affected superannuation funds," Hume said. The changes to ECPI were first flagged in the 2019/20 budget and submissions on the consultation are open until June 18. It comes after the government released the draft legislation for ...

Chief economist: What JobKeeper cliff?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... (er, Steven) not to bury him. His dire predictions may have contributed to the spending splurge announced in the 2021-22 Budget. "The goal of forecasting is not to predict the future but to tell you what you need to know to take meaningful action in ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... August 2020 article - in the midst of the pandemic - reports that, "price consciousness is on the rise". Sure, the 2021-22 Budget will bring more dollars to Australians' pockets, but with 37% of homeowners (not counting investors) with a mortgage ...

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... much more than this, the survey was conducted before the federal Treasury's spending splurge announced in the 2021/22 budget on May 11. But as Ella Fitzgerald sings, "into each life some rain must fall". The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer ...

Budget no cure for hangover from last one

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... budgets. AIST head of advocacy Mel Birks updated the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds on what the latest federal budget changes mean for super funds, saying they are nothing compared to those included in its predecessor. The removal of the $450 ...