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Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... Financial Outcomes legislation. "These are priorities that our members are keen to see addressed quickly by the federal government," she said. "It is critical that we build a healthy and sustainable financial advice community in Australia to help more ...

Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... encouraged to see several of the Coalition's proposed measures aligned with the FAAA's priorities for the next federal government. These included the commitment to reforming the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), giving advisers access to the ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... time has well and truly come for wider discussion about Australia's tax system," van Onselen said. "Our next federal government should announce a roadmap of how Australia will achieve meaningful tax reform. This needs to be the focus of tax discussions ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... Neiron said. "Uncertainty will most likely prevail in the near term, and Australia is not immune, with the federal government being put to vote in the coming quarter and interest rates appearing to be stuck in a holding pattern." Neiron reinforced that ...

Green technology, clean energy receive Budget boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... agenda, the government is continuing to invest billions into green technologies and the energy transition. The federal government has also allocated funding for innovative technology and clean energy manufacturing in the FY26 Federal Budget. It announced ...

Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... priority for whoever wins this year's federal election. Releasing its Orange Book 2025: Policy priorities for the federal government report, Grattan made several recommendations of both major and minor reforms that would see whoever is victorious achieve ...

Deficit to reach $26bn: Deloitte

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... deterioration in the underlying cash balance of $13.1 billion compared to the latest official forecast. The federal government turned in an underlying cash surplus of $15.8 billion in the 2023-24 financial year. "The magnitude of this turnaround illustrates ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... 'friend-shoring' - integrating supply chain production more with trusted trading partners." Additionally, it called on the federal government to re-examine a high population growth model. "Australia has one of the highest population growth rates in the ...

Government to scrap advisers' approved qualifications list

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2025
The federal government is backtracking on one key financial adviser education requirement by scrapping the list of approved qualifications and proposing to allow any bachelor's degree or higher. Assistant treasurer Stephen Jones this morning announced ...

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
... long-term economic security, and promote economic and strategic leadership internationally. It also noted that the federal government directly holds US$5.7 trillion in assets and indirectly, including through natural resource reserves, holds a far larger ...