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Super fund reporting, auditing reform consultation opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... superannuation funds," Hume said. "$1 in every $10 Australians earn is compulsorily directed into superannuation. The Morrison government continues to reform the sector to be more transparent, efficient and fit for purpose, as Australians expect and ...

Single disciplinary body consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... bid to iron out the details on how the Financial Services and Credit Panel will operate. This afternoon, the Morrison government asked for feedback relating to two core aspects of the bill. The first being the circumstances that ASIC must convene the ...

CommIF ups hospital stake

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... the independent board committee for the fund on its decision to reject takeover bids from Plenary, Palisade and H.R.L. Morrison and Co. Last week, the committee wrote to investors to inform them that none of the offers were sufficient and said that AMP ...

Relief payments confirmed for NSW

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... fortnight, the federal government has confirmed disaster relief payments are on the way to support businesses. "The Morrison government is upgrading its national response to COVID-19 outbreaks with increased weekly payments for households and boosting ...

Advisers who failed FASEA exam granted extension

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... closing tomorrow. In acknowledging the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it has caused, the Morrison government has introduced "very limited changes to FASEA exam requirements", she said. "For those who have made two genuine attempts ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... (-1.8%), Japan (-1.8), and the United Kingdom (-6.1%). There'll always be dissenters but, for me, the Morrison government has spent our money wisely. The government's tax incentives have driven business confidence and conditions to record highs. ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... participation in the workforce is key to enhancing women's economic security, and that is exactly what the Morrison Government is achieving," she said. Hume took on the responsibilities for women's economic security in late March, in addition ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Australia may not be "at the front of the queue for a safe and effective vaccine" (as Morrison declared back in November 2020) but it's certainly leading much of the world in containing the virus and strengthening economic recovery. This was the ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Some move the goalposts when they can't hit the target, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison did one better and all but abandoned his government's vaccine roll-out target. Taking to Facebook, Morrison announced on April 10 that: "The government ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... pandemic and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.8% - the lowest level since March 2020. This is good news for the Morrison government which just ended JobKeeper and coronavirus supplements to welfare recipients on March 28. It's still early days ...