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Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... unemployment rate projections in three months' time. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that 29,100 workers found employment in January - in line with market expectations. Though the monthly addition in jobs has slowed -- 180K ...

Limited advice overdue for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... to make their businesses viable. A large cohort of Aware members comprise teachers, nurses and doctors, and emergency workers, who are the everyday Australians. "We see intra-fund advice as the accessible way for members to have some level of personalised ...

Financial services sees improved mental health

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... workplace score in 2020. The research highlights a large improvement in the mental health of financial and insurance services workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The leap comes after a challenging few years, following the Senate Inquiry into Insurance ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... year. Recent stats support Frydenberg's decision. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) reported that 50,000 workers found employment in December - in line with market expectations. Though the monthly addition in jobs has slowed from 180,000 ...

Age pension spending to rise: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... leave all income groups with lower lifetime disposable incomes," it said. "A plan to make the increases optional, forcing workers to pay for their own wage increase from their retirement savings, would also add $20,000 to the tax bill of an Australian ...

Workers being offered nothing: Keating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... conference opened with the creator of super, former Prime Minister Paul Keating, alleging the government is swindling workers. Discussing the suggestion that the current government may forgo the legislated increase in the superannuation guarantee to ...

ASFA calls for super fairness

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... similar tax rate on superannuation contributions to the marginal tax they pay on wages. ASFA said that it is important that workers in this salary category are not penalised for contributing to their retirement. As a result, it proposes the LISTO cap ...

Chief economist update: The US inflation dilemma

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... that higher inflation is a risk that needs to be considered, she believes that, "The most important risk is that we leave workers and communities scarred by the pandemic and the economic toll that it's taken, that we don't do enough to address the pandemic ...

Aware expands affordable housing portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... to Liverpool Hospital. The development, which has an estimated value of $300 million, will cater to housing essential workers in Liverpool, such as teachers, nurses, aged care and disability support workers, law enforcement and emergency-services workers ...

ERS a setback for young workers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Young workers who took advantage of the early release of superannuation have less than $1000 in their nest egg, a new study that details the impact of the scheme shows. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) found nearly one million ...