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Hume puts finfluencer followers on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
Senator Jane Hume is warning consumers who fall victim to bad advice from finfluencers not to rely on the government for compensation. Speaking on the first day of the Association of Financial Advisers national conference, the minister for superannuation ...

ATO will not pursue erroneous JobKeeper payments

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... million businesses received nearly $89 billion in JobKeeper payments, a wage subsidy introduced by the federal government for businesses that struggled financially at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. The Senate Economics Legislation Committee's ...

New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Super funds may be able to access an income stream from the federal government for investments in affordable housing under a new scheme, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference has heard. Appearing at the conference ...

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... of the flawed model since it was first proposed and then introduced three years ago. We would like to thank the government for listening to our concerns and those of our members." Also commenting, Association of Financial Advisers national president ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... women. Female rates of underemployment have also fallen to the lowest level in over seven years. Hume praised her government for delivering to the economic needs of women. "Increasing female participation in the workforce is key to enhancing women's ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... to be congratulated for the swift recovery from the worst recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The government for its fiscal support measures - JobKeeper, JobSeeker, HomeBuilder; the RBA for its quick response in providing liquidity; and ...

Stephen Jones admits to anti-life insurance bias

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... the government to release the findings of the retirement income review - which he said has been sitting with the government for two months unreleased.

Westpac puts Australia on bad banking leaderboard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... CitiGroup to correct practices and the bank agreed to pay US$400 million and must now seek authorisation from the government for any major acquisitions. Deutsche Bank agreed to pay US$150 million for compliance failures in connection to the banks relationship ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... the potential to address the issue of account duplication and fund underperformance. "The FSC congratulates the Government for committing to the Royal Commission's 'default once' recommendation, which will prevent unnecessary account erosion from fees ...

Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
The government estimates that in 2020-2021 $227.5 billion will be spent on social security and welfare - up 15.4% in real terms from the $196 billion spend last year. The social security spending is largely in response to the COVID-19 crisis, with the ...