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Impact investors need instos, governments to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... turns into water and flows into the right areas". However, governments cannot make such choices unless prompted by the people they serve. "So, that's your 'chicken and egg' [conundrum]. If people are disoriented, then politics is also disoriented," ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... around $1.8 billion. To fight Australia's productivity problem, Chalmers said the government would be investing more in people to boost "dynamism and competition", including abolishing non-compete clauses for low- and middle-income workers. "We've ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... government plans to go ahead with the proposed 30% tax rate. "The $3 million cap, unindexed, is a sneaky 'tax on young people, tomorrow' that is dressed up as a 'tax on rich people, today'. The deceptive tax grab that borrows from young ...

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... than anything seen anywhere else in the world. He added that conditions are set to get a "lot worse." "I don't think people will be fooled... by so-called tax cuts. All it means is they're going to have to pay more taxes in future, because the ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... year. Bulk billing incentives will be expanded to cover all Australians for the first time, making an additional 15 million people eligible from November 1. "More bulk billing will mean less pressure on families... Making it easier to see a doctor and ...

CoreLogic rebrands to Cotality

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... system underpins the prosperity of individuals, businesses, governments, and society as a whole. But at the core, "it's people, businesses and communities that drive it forward." "Cotality's insights build on this, by turning questions into futures you ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... are environmentally sustainable, economically resilient, and create meaningful employment for their families and local people," McMullin said. Good Return's remit, however, goes beyond lending, it said. Grant funding deployed alongside the fund is used ...

Australians 'overwhelmed' by retirement: Aware

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... are concerned or anxious about retirement according to Aware Super's State of Retirement report, with almost nine in 10 people worried they will run out of money. The research found one in 10 people retired later than they expected, with 55% citing financial ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... the system is mature enough and the Superannuation Guarantee contributions aren't growing sufficiently fast, so that when people exit, they take out lump sums," Livanas said. "Some of the smaller funds are actually suffering negative cash flows, much ...

Frontier promotes staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... developing analyst pool by hiring Eros Reid, a finance graduate. Chief executive Andrew Polson said it is pleasing to see people rising through the firm's ranks. "We're delighted to be able to recognise and reward talent and hard work. At the ...