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Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... concessions. It explained due to super being taxed at 15%, lower income earners in the bottom brackets are hit harder on super than wages, while workers in the second lowest tax bracket received no tax benefit on their super. It argued that the government's ...

ISA renews calls for super to be paid with wages

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
Changing the requirement to pay super with wages will drastically reduce unpaid super and give four million plus workers better investment returns, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA). In its pre-budget submission, ISA said that the "outdated ...

Four themes driving 2023: Iggo

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... months of 2023 will be telling," he said. "The first half of the year tends to see the highest monthly increases in prices as wages and prices are increased. Given the amount of industrial action currently plaguing Europe there are some upside risks." ...

Salary inflation becoming S issue for ESG managers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... to come to work, that's going to hit industrial relations as well." One way to mitigate or manage upward measures on wages is improving workforce engagement, Carlsson added. "It's about quality management and sustainable earnings," Carlsson said. ...

Australia's 1% just keep getting richer: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
... globe are increasing by $3.6 billion a day, while 1.7 billion workers live in countries where inflation is now overtaking wages. "Globally, the richest 1% have made nearly twice as much money as the rest of the world put together over the past two years," ...

Australian CPI accelerates to 7.3%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
... is in a bit of a sweet spot compared to many parts of the world, our inflation rate isn't as high as that in the US, and wages growth isn't nearly as strong. As a result, rates are unlikely to rise as much as they will in many other countries. Australia's ...

Expand access to financial services: AUSTRAC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
... access to traditional identification can restrict an individual's ability to open a bank account and receive payments and wages. This can make many everyday activities like paying bills extremely difficult," she explained. "These new guidance materials ...

RBA bumps up cash rate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... He added that the RBA was also very explicit about its concern about a wage-price spiral taking hold, signalling that if wages growth becomes too high the cash rate will rise higher to ensure inflation expectations remain anchored. Inflation risk is ...

RBA set to lift the cash rate again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2022
... Australian households. AMP chief economist Shane Oliver said a rate hike is imminent. "Still high inflation, strong jobs and wages data and the absence of an RBA meeting in January are likely to drive another 0.25% hike in December to 3.10%. But by the ...

Survey shows impact of inflation on industry pay rises

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... Zealand managing director Shay Peters said the survey indicates several sectors across banking and finance that have seen wages consistently increase over the last few years. "But we now are entering a time where inflation is rising at an even faster ...