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Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... regional and remote communities, such as the $148.6 million over five years to encourage investment in affordable and reliable power is a "good first step." "However, the Morrison government's focus on low-carbon emitting technologies and measures is ...

War in Ukraine sparks defence spend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
An unstable global geopolitical situation, most significantly due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has prompted a $270 billion commitment to defence spending in the Federal Budget. The increased allocation to defence will bring Australia's defence spending ...

Greater independence for TPB

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
... assistant treasurer Michael Sukkar said. "The government has secured the Commissioner of Taxation's agreement to delegate the power to appoint the TPB's chief executive to the TPB chair. This means decisions about the day-to-day operations and overall ...

Key Budget measure won't help economy: Academic

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... energy security and not just splurging taxpayer dollars chasing a few votes. "I would like to see the Treasurer giving real power to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to control wild fluctuations in fuel prices at the pumps." Greater ...

Experienced advisers in education limbo

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
... to follow through with its promises. Two burning questions are top of these advisers' minds: if the new government in power will indeed push through the changes and when. The Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Anderson is concerned ...

Super mergers only beginning: J.P. Morgan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... Michael Winchester, Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok, Colonial First State Superannuation chief executive Kelly Power and UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun. Over 50% of the executives surveyed for the report said they believe the pace of ...

Magellan loses $5bn in fortnight

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... few days ago show that investors pulled about 9.9 million ordinary shares from Magellan, which came with a 5.31% voting power. One fortnight beforehand, FUM dipped well below $80 billion at $77.2 billion. Since the end of September 2021's balance ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... assets systems in a way that reduces negative climate impacts. Currently, it's estimated that Bitcoin mining uses more power globally each year than some countries, with the amount of electricity used in a single Bitcoin transaction equivalent to ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... abolished on July 1, 200,000 women will start receiving super they otherwise would have been deprived of. Thanks to the power of compounding, these payments can make a significant difference to the amount of super these women will have when they retire." ...

AGL rejects another takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... Infradebt's Ethical Fund to help accelerate the nation's renewable energy transition. AGL has plans to spin off its coal power stations to create Accel Energy. Last February, it appointed Vanessa (Fernandes) Sullivan as a non-executive director ...