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Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG | FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020

... Australian Federal government is also expected implement spending measures in aid of Victoria. For as Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared, "We're all Melburnians now when it comes to the challenges we face... We're all Victorians now because ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG | TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020

While we, Australians all, remain glued tracking the mounting cases of infection in Victoria - one that has prompted the New South Wales government to close its borders with its neighbour south of the Murray River for the first time since the Spanish ...

Chief economist update: The post-pandemic problem

BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020

... this sort of thing in Australia since the end of the first World War..." This was how Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the coronavirus outbreak shortly after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared it a pandemic in mid-March as ...

Unemployment hits 21-year high

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020

... jobs lost in May. Youth unemployment is now at 16.1%. "These are devastating unemployment numbers." Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the past three months have been tough for Australia with the destruction of 38 consecutive months of job creation. ...

We cannot prevent the blow: PM

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government will not extend stimulus packages, saying they would dull the dynamism of the economy. Delivering a speech to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), Morrison said that despite wide ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY | TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020

The Labor Party is calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to finally put an end to the war on superannuation waged by government backbenchers, in an effort to ensure Australia rebounds from COVID-19 "faster and better". Financial Standard has obtained ...

APRA releases latest ERS data

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020

... all payments have been made from not-for-profit funds, while the remaining 28% from retail funds. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told parliament on Friday last week the most recent ERS figures were significantly higher than APRA's data, which is a ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG | WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020

'The Lucky Country' it may be but the year 2020 is not turning out well for Australia. Less than five months into the year and it has gone from devastation wrought by the bushfires, the lockdown forced on society by the coronavirus and, just ...

Lockdown measures cost $4bn a week: Frydenberg

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020

... confirmed on May 1 it will begin to discuss easing restrictions to get the economy moving again. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said initial actions and measures implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic have been largely successful at slowing the spread ...

Former AFSL director banned

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020

... clients of ASIC's decision to cancel the AFSL. A separate ASIC decision to ban Olive Financials' former director Scott Morrison from providing financial services for seven years, took effect in April. Morrison, from Ryde, NSW, was Olive Financials sole ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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