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Budget boosts fuel security, misses clean energy opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... are all investments in our long-term fuel resilience. We'll produce more fuel through our $1.1 billion Cleaner Fuels Program, backed with reforms to our low carbon liquid fuels market to support demand." Furthermore, some 20% of the country's ...

Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Addressing the National Press Club Treasurer Jim Chalmers said global shocks are no longer rare and it is not possible to wait for calm to embark on big policy changes. "It's no longer possible to separate cyclical and structural change, or to deal ...

Future Fund executive departs after 10 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... investment governance and technology, I see a clear opportunity: to apply the governance discipline of the investment program to the investment technology and data programs that serve the investment mission," Grant said. Grant spent a decade at Future ...

Foreign investors housing ban extended

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... we have a further $5.9 billion available to states and territories as part of the 100,000 Homes for First Home Buyers program." Moreover, the government is also investing in workforce capacity, including $85.2 million to accelerate skills assessments ...

Government plans 'standardised' assessment for NDIS

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... participation activities. Unscheduled reassessments, the government said, has been the major driver of spending growth in the program, an average reassessment resulting in a 20% increase in plan value. To address this, the government will tighten criteria ...

Government to commit $3.7bn to strengthen aged care access

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... aged care providers who build or expand residential accommodation, deliver up to 20 additional Specialist Dementia Care Program units and expand the Hospital to Aged Care Dementia Support program from 11 to 20 locations nationally. This was previously ...

Chalmers overhauls negative gearing, CGT discount

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has affirmed the highly anticipated overhauls to the capital gains tax (CGT) discount and negative gearing in a bid to "level the playing field for first home buyers." The 50% CGT discount will be replaced with inflation-adjusted ...

ASIC bans property wealth coach operating without licence

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
ASIC has permanently banned Queensland property developer Trent Simon Giumelli from providing financial services after he raised $48 million from members for real estate wealth coaching programs without a financial services licence. ASIC has accused ...

OECD recommends NZ overhaul pension system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
New Zealand needs to reform its pension sector, increasing the age at which retirement savings can be accessed and no longer taxing those savings, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In its latest report on ...

Perpetual to overhaul J O Hambro

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... brands, long-term client relationships and market penetration in their core markets." In addition to implementing a change program for JOHCM, Perpetual said it wants to capture sustained ETFs asset growth as investor demand structurally shifts and increase ...