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Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... until his retirement in 2011, including four years as chair, seeing the bank through the Global Financial Crisis. Prime Minister Scott Morrison paid tribute to Evans, calling him one of Australia's great public servants. "Ted has left an indelible mark ...

Wall Street surges as Sanders drops out, Wuhan reopens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... after a weak start and entered bull market territory, defensives led the rise, oil rose on one comment from an Algerian minister, Russia said they are willing to cut production and safe havens were reasonably flat," he said. "Despite the up-and-down ...

Chief economist update: Credit ratings downgrades versus fiscal salvation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... disease (COVID-19) in the country. Still relatively low, but multiplying. Perhaps it's the 4000 mark that pushed Prime Minister Abe to declare a month-long state of emergency in the country on April 7. Then again, as Al Jazeera reports: "The type ...

1.5 metres to trigger real estate downfall

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... local and global REITs, according to global real estate manager Principal Global Investors. It comes a day after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a rent relief package for commercial tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Investors are pricing ...

Taxman simplifies work from home deductions

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... who are working from home for the first time due to COVID-19 when it comes to accurately completing their tax return," Minister for housing and assistant treasurer Michael Sukkar said in a statement. "The ATO has undertaken to review these arrangements ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... employer. "Yesterday afternoon 700,000 businesses had registered for this support and this number continues to grow," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. "This is the greatest economic crisis to effect the world in many generations," Morrison said. "We ...

Stimulus is finite: Prime Minister

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... six month timeframe. Asked at a press conference how the modelling was helping with the economic response plan, Prime Minister Scott Morrison explained economic decisions have been made with modelling of the medical crisis in mind. "There are two parts ...

No exclusions for frontline workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... application for cover, charge a higher premium or apply a COVID-19 pandemic risk exclusion," the FSC said. Assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology, Senator Jane Hume, welcomed the announcement. "Our frontline ...

Super funds face penalties over early release failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... COVID-19 that 360,000 registered with the Australian Tax Office to access their super early in just three days. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann was asked on ABC News Breakfast whether he was worried that 360,000 people were already trying to access ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... claims to managing investment portfolios, almost all aspects of a super fund's operations will be impacted." Prime Minister Scott Morrison's plan to allow Australians impacted by COVID-19 to access up to $20,000 from their super fund, among other ...