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Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... me whatsoever. What matters to me is the human cost and meeting whatever cost we need to meet," Prime Minister Scott Morrison recently declared. More fiscal spending towards "rebuilding of bridges, rebuilding of roads and other critical infrastructure..." ...

Chief economist update: When monetary and fiscal policies don't meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... conduct of government and monetary policies, there is no meeting of the minds between Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (and his Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg) and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe. A report by the Bank for International ...

Retirement income under review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... super system earlier this year, which called for a review of the retirement income system. In July, Prime Minister Scott Morrison maintained the retirement income review would not be bound by the government and would be open to considering any and all ...

Chief economist update: Morrison, Frydenberg cannot have their surplus and eat it too

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... uttered by Australian Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg (September 26). In a sentence, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his Treasurer Josh Frydenberg are willing Australian banks to lend, lend and lend. Never mind, the dynamic duo's earlier ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... the Hayne Royal Commission. At a Q&A session at the Institute of Public Administration last month, Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke about how regtech could demystify the regulatory process of all three layers of Australian government. After May's ...

Chief economist update: Economy slows to decade low but still tops the pops

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... the June quarter GDP growth would have been negative. It's not surprising therefore that both Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg are talking their heads off rationalising the woeful set of numbers under their watch. As per ...

Australians demand SG increase: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... government revealed it would not set a boundary for its upcoming retirement income review, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirming all options - including freezing SG - were open for the review to consider.

All options open for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... including the possibility of making contributions voluntary. Speaking to journalists yesterday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison revealed the retirement income review would not be bound by the government. Asked whether the legislated increase to the superannuation ...

Super gets an insider in ministry reshuffle

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
... senior adviser at AustralianSuper will take responsibility for the superannuation sector, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison unveiled a reshuffled ministry. Jane Hume, a former senior policy adviser at Australia's largest super fund, will assume ...

Chief economist update: Fairy tales can come true

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2019
I believe in miracles Where you from You sexy thing, sexy thing you Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was delivered a miracle when the Liberal/National Coalition won the Australian Federal election - and look set to form a majority government ...