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Government moves to cut work test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... under 65 years of age, who can make three years of non-concessional contributions through the arrangements. Assistant Minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology Jane Hume said the super system needed to keep up with the ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
When you read reports that police have tasered a man over an argument over toilet paper, you know that the coronavirus hysteria has come to Australia. This followed news of emptied toilet paper shelves at supermarkets that has now extended to "necessities" ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... of how we invest the portfolio, what scenarios could impact the portfolio, but we don't have a social impact mandate." Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann and Senator Whish-Wilson then debated the difference between the fund's earlier decision to exclude ...

Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The day you, I and Irene lost sleep over contemplating the potency of future central bank policy actions, given their sharply reduced firepower, when the next threat to the global economy comes. The coronavirus outbreak has brought that day upon us. ...

Chief economist update: The C word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... ministers will hold a teleconference this week to coordinate their response to the coronavirus outbreak, France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Monday." "Finance ministers need to ensure that their responses are "as coordinated as possible" ...

NZ blacklists fossil fuels from super

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... providers are funds allocated to people who do not choose a fund when they join KiwiSaver. Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi said the changes reflect the NZ government's stance on climate change. "This reflects the government's commitment ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... fiscal responses. Except for Hawaii boy Scott Morrison. This from Factset: "Australia remains the holdout with Prime Minister Morrison again ruling out a fiscal response to the expected impact on growth from the virus".

SG amnesty bill finally passes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... for super underpayment. The amnesty will expire six months after the day the bill receives Royal Assent, with assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology Senator Jane Hume confident more millions in unpaid super ...

Chief economist update: Who's afraid of COVID-19?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... COVID-19 adds to the downward pressure on the domestic economy caused by the bushfires, storms and floods, testing Prime Minister Scott Morrison's declaration: "The surplus is of no focus for me whatsoever. What matters to me is the human cost and ...

SMSFs interrupted in 2019: SuperConcepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... by Burgess as something that requires clarification. While the legislation on the issue hasn't been passed, Assistant Minister Jane Hume did say the government was committed to those changes becoming law. In terms of legislation that did pass in 2019 ...