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'We're proceeding' with Div 296: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... it comes to the queue of legislation in the parliament, we made it really clear that our first priority was student debt relief, protecting penalty rates, making medicines cheaper, making it easier to crack down on childcare centres which aren't up to ...

RBA cut all but certain: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... and business confidence has continued to remain in the doldrums, with households and investors looking for continued rate relief before they open their wallets further," he said. "Today's CPI outcome should therefore give the RBA all the comfort it needs ...

Section 899 ditched but companies face tax uncertainties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
While Australian investors breathed a resounding sigh of relief when US President Donald Trump binned section 899 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), local multinationals, however, were lumped with grave uncertainties surrounding the global Pillar ...

James Mawhinney contravened law: Federal Court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... funds received in connection with a financial product. Mawhinney requested an opportunity to make further submissions on relief following Justice Button's decision. Both parties have within 21 days.

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... exchange settlement accounts at the RBA. ASIC said it has cleared way for industry participation by providing regulatory relief to participants to support and streamline the pilot. ASIC's relief will support the responsible testing of tokenised asset ...

RBA delivers 'confounding' rates decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... surprised by the outcome. And I think it's fair to say as well that there were millions of people who were hoping for more rate relief yesterday and didn't get it. I think all of those things are self-evident," Chalmers said. "What we've done as a government ...

ASIC releases new relief for reportable situations regime

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... situations regime, which includes extending the length of investigations reportable from 30 days to 60 days. Also in the relief, ASIC is exempting the reporting of certain breaches in the misleading and deceptive conduct provisions, and certain contraventions ...

Union redundancy funds in ASIC's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... to regulate the multi-billion-dollar funds, which it said were growing significantly. Fund operators have been granted relief from the licensing, managed investment and associated provisions of the Corporations Act since the year 2000, but this is set ...

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... fully committed to the super tax, labelling it as "concessional" while bolstering things like Medicare, cost-of-living relief and easing housing problems. Last month, Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg condemned the bill, claiming that it won't impact politicians ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... risk," she said. ASIC's three-pronged approach is to provide regulatory guidance, the discretion to provide regulatory relief, where necessary; and to support 'capacity building' in the sector. Under the current guidance, companies or reporting ...