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Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... from a year earlier. The labour market outlook would have been worse had it not been for the Morrison government's JobSeeker payments that limited the issuance of pink slips. But even this isn't good enough. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg estimates ...

ERS top of mind for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... balances were hit by the volatility in financial markets. This was followed by enquiries about the federal government's JobSeeker payment and JobKeeper wage subsidy. AMP technical strategy manager John Perri said the government was making it relatively ...

Top adviser queries revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... access to super and new social security measures. The queries included understanding the eligibility rules surrounding JobSeeker payments and supplements, which employers qualify for JobKeeper payments, how a reduction in account based pension minimums ...

ERS at risk of significant delays: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... claimants. In an update, the ATO said to be eligible a permanent resident must be eligible for a social security payment (jobseeker, youth allowance etc) or been made redundant, had working hours reduced by 20% or more or a 20% reduction in turnover ...

Liquid and ready: Cbus

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... liquidity position to deal with the early super release scheme. And this was the case even prior to the government's Jobseeker payment announcement, he said. "Cbus paid close attention to the lessons of the GFC. We have a very robust approach to liquidity ...

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... late March. As the government shut down entire industries in its attempt to slow the spread of the virus, demand for JobSeeker (a rebrand of Newstart) unemployment benefits was so high that the MyGov website repeatedly crashed. The Prime Minister has ...

Trillion dollar stimulus debt debated

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... foreign investment framework to protect Australia's national businesses." The Prime Minister said more than 200,000 JobSeeker claims, for those left unemployed by the crisis, have been finalised over the past two weeks. Labor leader Anthony Albanese ...

Stimulus is finite: Prime Minister

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... to some sense of normality that will allow the economy to support Australians without the unprecedented JobKeeper and JobSeeker supplements." Governments around the country, Morrison stressed, are not only focussed on whether the health system can cope ...

Risk and compliance expertise in demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
Risk and compliance officers and in-house corporate lawyers are highly in-demand talent thanks to the Royal Commission, which has helped boost the professionals' pay grade well above the national average. This is based on a Robert Walters wage analysis ...

Risk and compliance expertise in demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
Risk and compliance officers and in-house corporate lawyers are highly in-demand talent thanks to the Royal Commission, which has helped boost the professionals' pay grade well above the national average. This is based on a Robert Walters wage analysis ...