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Gargantuan stimulus needed to survive economic disaster

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... could also engender the political support needed to extend JobKeeper to more than one million casual workers, and temporary visa holders and students. "Denying people who could contribute to Australia's economic recovery the opportunity to do it risks ...

ERS at risk of significant delays: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... hours reduced by 20% or more or a 20% reduction in turnover for sole traders. Temporary residents must have held a student visa for at least 12 months and be unable to meet living expenses, hold a skilled work visa and had working hours reduced to zero ...

Global markets bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... companies will take some short term pain for long term gain. For example, it may take some time for payments companies such as Visa and Mastercard to benefit from an increase in digital commerce, because they will also take a hit from less commercial ...

Stimulus is finite: Prime Minister

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
The Australian government has made public the modelling that is informing its COVID-19 response, revealing why the JobKeeper payment works off a six month timeframe. Asked at a press conference how the modelling was helping with the economic response ...

Atlas Advisors adds to leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... opportunities coming out of Australian universities. Atlas has been very vocal about calling for reform of the Significant Investment Visa program in Australia. The firm says it manages investments for "many of the highest net worth Chinese investors" ...

ACTU pokes holes in JobKeeper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... not have worked the last 12 months," she pointed out. "We also want to ensure that this subsidy applies to the 1.4 million visa workers who were working, there is no reason why it should not." McManus said the union movement and Australia's business ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced $130 billion of spending over the next six months to support the livelihoods of Australians who lose their jobs and income as a result of COVID-19. The government anticipates as many as six million Australians ...

Chi-X continues TraCR roll out

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... month, Chi-X added another tranche of 10 US listed companies, including Netflix, McDonald's, Starbucks, Caterpillar and Visa to the TraCRs menu.

More US giants added to Chi-X TraCRs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... investors through its Transferable Custody Receipts, adding giant US stocks Netflix, McDonald's, Starbucks, Caterpillar and Visa to the TraCRs menu. The five new additions see the menu expand to 20 blue chip US listed companies available through ...

Push for more foreign investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... recognise the long-term benefits of foreign investors for the economy by increasing incentives under the Significant Investor Visa scheme. Executive chair of Atlas, Guy Hedley said the fund manager entirely supported the government's review of the scheme ...