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PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... regional planning, and set clear rules about engaging with local communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. "Overdue reforms to the EPBC Act would both speed up approvals and better protect the environment," Stokie said. The interim ...

Chalmers unveils Economic Reform Roundtable agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... care, and tax reform. Chalmers will then make a closing address discussing the way forward. "This is all about bringing people together and building consensus around the big challenges and opportunities in our economy," Chalmers said. "From competition ...

Return to office mandates to harm firms, careers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... director Victoria Butt said, is that return to office mandates will harm a significant proportion of the workforce. "The people that are going to be impacted the most by the return to office mandates are the very people that we have worked very hard ...

Productivity Commission recommends corporate tax cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... growth. The PC report said lower company tax rates were likely to attract more overseas firms to invest in Australia, help people start and grow businesses, and strengthen the ability of smaller Australian firms, which contribute the bulk of capital ...

'We're proceeding' with Div 296: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... discussing the need for tax reform. Spender said the government's reliance on personal income tax was unfairly affecting young people. In response, Chalmers welcomed the input saying Spender was approaching the topic in a "constructive way" but stopped ...

Sydney Alternative Investment Week to return in September

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... Therapy, and Women's Community Shelters - which will receive all the all proceeds raised from the week. Redkite supports young people with cancer and their families; Tranby is Australia's oldest Indigenous education provider; Noro Music Therapy uses ...

Mulino sits on Tranche 2 for now, grapples with complexity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... this, so I want to get this right, but the next step will be to put out exposure draft legislation on [DBFO 2] so that people can then fully digest all of those elements holistically." With respect to the sustainability of the Compensation Scheme of ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... resources. Funds are increasingly separating investment decisions from valuation decisions, staffing valuation committees with people who have rich experience. Instead of accepting that the manager's valuation must be true, they now question the ...

AI, corporate tax, skilled workers key to productivity: PC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... work, increase the quality of goods and services, and help spread innovative ideas through the economy." "They aim to give people and businesses the confidence and certainty they need to safely adopt powerful new AI tools and make the most of data. And ...

Law firm eyes First Guardian, Shield class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... billion in superannuation has potentially been wiped out, leaving more than 12,000 Australians out of pocket. "These are people's savings, and they deserve far better than this. Superannuation is meant to be tightly regulated, and many investors likely ...