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Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... Zealanders for recording 100 days of zero infection - 102 to be exact - came reports of four new infections, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to impose Stage 3 restrictions. Despite Ardern's swift and tough action, four has become 49, and ...

Law firm slams insurer mental health policies

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... back to work or to otherwise minimise costs." At the recent Financial Services Council Life Insurers Summit, assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology Jane Hume said she supported reform on the handling of mental ...

Chief economist update: Second wave threatens an oil spill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Most things appeared to be going hunky-dory for the oil market in the second quarter of this year. OPEC+ production cuts plus the easing of social distancing and the re-opening of many businesses in an increasing number of countries around the world ...

Chief economist update: Forecasting is futile

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... forecasting becomes futile. This is best exemplified by the piece I published yesterday, praising New Zealand and her prime minister Jacinda Ardern's win versus the virus. You would have had it on your monitors around lunchtime yesterday. It was ...

Chief economist update: Ardern's ardour

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... recorded case of coronavirus infection - 'twas way back on May 1 when New Zealand reported the last infection. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's tough measures worked but our Kiwi brethren must also be congratulated for not invoking their "human ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... noted the renewed lobbying follows statements of notional support from superannuation and financial services assistant minister Jane Hume, despite the proposal being rejected by a parliamentary committee in 2018. "The Parliamentary Joint Committee made ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... and it's not hard to imagine that Victoria will have a problem greater than Houston. But just as Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared: "We're all Victorians now because we're all Australians". The country's other five states ...

SG amnesty deadline nears

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... put a payment plan in place to do so in the future. Payments made by the cut-off date will be tax deductible. Assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology, Senator Jane Hume said the amnesty allows employers to set ...

It's your money: Hume calls out Keating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
Senator Jane Hume has called out former Prime Minister Paul Keating over his criticism of the government's Early Release of Super scheme, calling him elitist. Taking to Twitter, Hume implied the former Prime Minister was part of an elite upper-echelon ...

ERS scheme referred to Auditor-General

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
The Labor party has referred the government's Early Release of Superannuation scheme to the Auditor-General, citing administrative failures. Shadow Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones sent the letter to the Auditor-General Grant Hehir asking him to review ...