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Government looks to better define roles of regulators

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said the government is looking into the information various regulatory bodies seek from the financial services industry to cut red tape. "We rightly, I believe, have multiple regulators in financial services. ...

CALI pushes for advice reforms as Australians turn to AI

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... legislation would allow life insurers to provide simple advice directly to their customers without any extra cost, it added. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino late last year asked for patience as the government continued to work through complexities ...

Division 296 legislation passes, LISTO to increase

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... superannuation but truncating debate on those changes to superannuation too. Why would Australians have believed them? The Prime Minister said it. The Treasurer said it. Every single Labor candidate said it," Hume continued. "There would be no changes ...

National Reconstruction Fund makes $200m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... invest across both debt and equity and to find new ways of financing businesses with innovative financing structures. Minister for industry and innovation and minister for science Tim Ayres said the investment backs Australia's digital resilience where ...

Treasury proposes options to block victim-survivors' super going to perpetrators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... reward the perpetrators of abuse, and today is a really important step forward in making sure that doesn't happen," minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said, adding that it is unlikely draft legislation on the issue will be made available ...

Big super to work with Canadian counterparts to drive investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
... long run," CPP Investments president and chief executive John Graham said. The MoU comes as the Right Honorable Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney visits Australia, alongside Canadian Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Cham ...

A comfortable retirement now costs more than ever

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... deeming rates, the assumed rates of return applied to financial assets when assessing Age Pension eligibility. Last week, minister for social services Tanya Plibersek, announced a rise in the lower deeming rate to 1.25% for financial assets under $64,200 ...

Opposition leader unveils fresh shadow cabinet

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... homes, taxes on superannuation and taxes on our children's future." Pat Conaghan has retained the role of shadow minister for financial services, after resigning in January and then being restored to the role shortly before Ley's exit. Conaghan ...

Mulino acknowledges some regulation 'not thought through'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... 'growth-first' directive to all government departments and regulators." Speaking at an event for the release of the report, Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino acknowledges Australia has a red tape problem, specifically pointing to increased ...

RBA overlooked government spending in rate hike: Hearing

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... 3.85% on Tuesday. At a hearing of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics this morning, Liberal Minister for Cook Simon Kennedy sought to get to the bottom of what exactly is driving excess demand that has led to inflationary pressures. ...