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Chalmers calls for solutions, not problems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... three issues papers around the three themes for the roundtable: resilience, productivity, and budget sustainability and tax reform. "The Roundtable is all about building consensus around reforms, the issues papers do the problem definition," Chalmers ...

Chalmers unveils Economic Reform Roundtable agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... then expected to discuss ideas for ensuring efficient and high-quality government services, spending and care, and tax reform. Chalmers will then make a closing address discussing the way forward. "This is all about bringing people together and building ...

'We're proceeding' with Div 296: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... and budget sustainability. Independent MP Allegra Spender held her own roundtable last week discussing the need for tax reform. Spender said the government's reliance on personal income tax was unfairly affecting young people. In response, Chalmers welcomed ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... also among its key focuses but made the case that sensible progress can't be made without proper consideration of more tax reform in a speech at the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday. Productivity, he said, which is too often regarded as "a cold ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... fresh perspective. "Rather than making piecemeal changes, we call on the Albanese government to undertake long-term tax reform in its second term. We stand ready to work closely with Dr Mulino through what we hope will be a period of renewal and reform," ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... fairly well-worn path to the Assistant Treasurer's door to talk about the issues related to financial advice and tax reform, because these are issues that matter to me."

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... worse rather than better." CA ANZ's chief executive Ainslie van Onselen said the policies fail to deliver meaningful tax reform and said both parties need to do more. "As we have called out in numerous submissions, the time has well and truly come for ...

AustralianSuper warns outdated tax laws will hurt returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... costly and complex obligation requirements that are ultimately borne by members," the fund said. AustralianSuper's final tax reform proposal was for funds to be referenced in tax treaties. AustralianSuper said Australia's tax treaty network is of "increasing ...

The regulatory pendulum has swung too far: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
... with GDP growth slowing over 2024 to an annual rate of 0.8%-the weakest in a generation outside the COVID-19 downturn. Tax Reform Briggs labelled the proposed superannuation tax on balances with over $3 million as "symbolic of everything that's wrong ...

Financial services deregulation boosts economy by $2bn: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... country's international competitiveness and discourages domestic investment. FSC chief executive Blake Briggs said a mature tax reform debate requires all options to be left on the table, including taxes on superannuation, the company tax rate, and ...