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Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... ban foreign investors and temporary residents from purchasing existing Australian homes for a period of two years. We will set stricter caps on foreign students to relieve stress on rental markets." Despite opposition to the super policy, Dutton's plan ...

Regal leads $30m note in Carma

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Regal Funds Management and Tiger Capital have led a $30 million convertible note in used car marketplace Carma, with participation from existing backers like General Catalyst and Five V Capital. The funding will be used to expand Carma's vehicle inventory ...

ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has provided Treasury with a report after conducting an inquiry into companies holding virtual AGMs. As part of the report, the regulator made five recommendations, including that ASIC and ...

Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Australia's productivity continued to stagnate in the December quarter, suggesting that the productivity problem may be part of a long-term trend. The Productivity Commission's (PC) latest quarterly productivity bulletin found labour productivity ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
AustralianSuper has sold down the remainder of its already-trimmed WiseTech stake, alluding to concerns about how the company is handling its founder Richard White's role. The super fund held roughly $700 million in WiseTech shares, about 2.26% ...

Trump Media to launch ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... and provide all custody for the ETFs through its US trust company, the Crypto.Com Custody Trust Company. The ETFs launch is set to coincide with a batch of separately managed accounts (SMAs), both of which Trump Media plans to invest in with its own ...

Labor accelerates defence spending

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... risks and the evolving security environment," Treasurer Jim Chalmers said. The government's 2024 National Defence Strategy set in motion a transformation of the Australian Defence Force's capability, focus and structure, he said, underpinned ...

New tax cuts for every Australian 'a complete joke': UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... a historic collapse in living standards, worse than anything seen anywhere else in the world. He added that conditions are set to get a "lot worse." "I don't think people will be fooled... by so-called tax cuts. All it means is they're going ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, the Stoma Appliance Scheme and the Take Home Naloxone program. It is also set to reduce the PBS co-payment from $31.60 to $25 from 1 January 2026. The PBS investment will allow more than five million Australians ...

What to expect in the 2025 Federal Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... deficit than what we inherited - substantially smaller. One of the defining themes, not just of this Budget but the whole set of four Budgets, is that we have helped engineer a $200 billion improvement in the Budget position over the years that we have ...