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Treasury proposes upping supervisory levies

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... levy funding requirement for Commonwealth agencies such as ASIC and the ACCC was completely eliminated from the 2023-24 Budget, accounting for a $3.6 million reduction in the total financing required. Further, a slight decline (-1.6%) in the levy for ...

Australians prioritise financial independence: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
According to new data, the nation is swapping out the dream of a white picket fence for the dream lifestyle and combating the cost of living with strengthening financial literacy. Insignia Financial released its inaugural Financial Freedom Report, conducted ...

Fitch gives Labor budget AAA rating

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
For the first time under a Labor government, Fitch has handed down a AAA rating to the May budget. In a statement, Fitch applauded the government for its spending restraint and said the nation's public finances had outperformed expectations. "The commitment ...

AEP, GSFM launch Australian film fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... This was reinforced by the federal government's increase of the Location Offset from 16.5% to 30% announced in last week's budget, he noted. "An Australia-based fund is in a better position to maximise these than a foreign producer or studio could access ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
Stakeholder responses to the federal budget are mixed at best, with many believing key measures require further consideration and consultation. Perhaps the measure that will most impact the financial services industry, the government remained firm in ...

NALI measure receives mixed response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... expenditure incurred by superannuation funds - however, the industry says it requires further consideration. In last night's budget, the government proposed that for SMSFs and small APRA-regulated funds, income that is currently taxable as NALI will ...

ASIC, APRA reviewer deprioritised by government

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... regulators every two years. However, the government has moved to change this to once every five years, in what it deems a budget saving. Outlining the additional $162.4 million in resourcing it will provide itself in delivering on Treasury priorities ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Cost of living pressures and the transition to clean energy took centre stage on federal budget night as the Labor Party unveiled a package of measures in response to mounting economic uncertainties. Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the 2023-24 ...

Supercharging Australia's climate investment action

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... strategies is about to be supercharged. After almost a decade-and-a-half of climate and energy government policy vacuum, Budget 2023-24 will align Australia's institutional investors, industries and massive capital creation opportunities around a ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
To understand how the 2023-24 federal budget was built, you need to understand its 2022-23 foundations because just five taxes accounted for 97% of all taxation revenue and just six programs accounted for 71% of all expenditures, with the biggest two ...