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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 ...

Government plans to develop 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and special envoy for cyber security and digital resilience Andrew Charlton have announced plans to develop a digital asset regime, aimed at providing clarity and certainty to the sector. They said this initiative would help to ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... falters when a fund won't be in the market for long - "you're going to have to try," he said. "We have put in a fairly strong set of disciplines to be really aware and wary of what's going on in the market, particularly on the downside. [State Super ...

Madigan names chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Private debt investor Madigan Capital has revamped its leadership team as it gets set for further growth. The specialist commercial real estate debt manager, focused exclusively on institutional clients, has promoted its operating chief to the top job. ...

Jones calls out super sector, hints at more reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... contribution from people's fortnightly salary into a large retirement nest egg," Jones said. "But what [super funds] haven't set themselves up to do properly is ensure that they are providing the service, communication and advice to members that ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... of the funds that claim environmental or social traits misleads climate-conscious investors. The European legislator must set clear rules for all ESG funds and put an end to this travesty." Meantime, Facing Finance financial analyst Frederike Potts said ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... a "relatively weaker domestic earnings outlook and stretched valuations." Underpinning this are concerns of a US recession set in motion by President Donald Trump's aggressive trade tactics that soured the bullish sentiments immediately triggered ...