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Government pledges $2bn to fast-track social housing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JUN 2023
... Housing Australia Future Fund - the single biggest investment in social and affordable rental housing by a federal government in more than a decade." Of note, NSW will take the lion's share of the funding ($610 million) followed by Victoria ($496 million) ...

King's birthday honours for industry executives

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
High-profile Australian financial services leaders have been recognised in the King's Birthday honours list, with several receiving an Order of Australia. This year, former Macquarie managing director and Financial Regulator Assessment Authority ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
The federal government will scrap a load of administrative burdens and give superannuation funds a larger role in making financial advice more affordable as it announces which out of the 22 Quality of Advice Review recommendations will become a reality ...

Australia-UK FTA a boon for local business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... agricultural products, through the elimination of tariffs, quotas and non-tariff barriers under the FTA," the federal government said at the time. Some Australian exports, such as wine, short and medium grain rice, sugar, honey, nuts, olive oil and food ...

Risk of recession growing: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2023
... continues to surprise on the upside." He explained a big factor will be the minimum wage case and said if the federal government increases 6% or 7%, as requested by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), it could trigger more hikes. "The RBA ...

More PwC staff to go, will remain anonymous

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... letter, Stubbins explained further that PwC has commenced a process to ringfence the provision of services to federal government departments and agencies to enhance the firm's controls to prevent conflicts of interest. "We are moving quickly to establish ...

BNPL to be regulated under Credit Act

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... outcomes. Historically, BNPL schemes have been exempt from tough regulation as they do not charge interest, but the federal government has looked to overhaul this following its options paper and review of the sector which opened last year. Speaking this ...

Fitch gives Labor budget AAA rating

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... Fitch forecasted the fiscal deficit to narrow to 1.2% of GDP in FY23, ending June 2023, from 3.8% in FY22. "The federal government is set to achieve its first underlying cash surplus in 15 years at 0.2% of GDP in FY23, from a 1.4% deficit in FY22, according ...

AEP, GSFM launch Australian film fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... Australian government rebates and production incentives lead the world," Basser said. This was reinforced by the federal government's increase of the Location Offset from 16.5% to 30% announced in last week's budget, he noted. "An Australia-based fund ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... in part to their more attractive taxation regimes,'' he said. "Many foreign groups have also questioned the Federal government's heavy-handed approach to taxing multinationals and its never-ending assertions that these entities are intentionally avoiding ...