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The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024

... make the economy more dynamic and efficient can deliver big economic dividends and add up to major improvements in real wages and living standards over time," he said. "... policymakers need to keep productivity front-of-mind," he said. Treasurer Jim ...

Chalmers defends budget deficits in MYEFO

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024

... soft landing, and you can see that in any of the economic indicators. The economy is growing, inflation is moderating, real wages and real incomes are growing, unemployment is low - one million jobs have been created - participation is at record highs," ...

2025 economic outlook 'threatening': AMP

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024

... strengthen in the second half helped by rate cuts. "Australian growth is likely to edge up to 1.8% helped by rising real wages, tax cuts & rate cuts and this should see profit growth return," Oliver said. "Fourthly, if recession does occur it's likely ...

Total super assets hit $4tn milestone

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024

... driven by the increases in the super guarantee rate to 11% from July 2023 and 11.5% from July 2024, and seasonally adjusted wages rising by 3.5% for the year," APRA said. Members contributed $50.5 billion over the year and $14.9 billion in the September ...

Work-related training boosts pay and productivity: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024

... findings show work-related training is important for employees and employers alike for enabling career progression and higher wages for the former and higher levels of employee engagement and productivity for the latter. "The time and money devoted to ...

ATO recovers $900m in unpaid super

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024

... day of October, January, April, and July. However, from 1 July 2026, employers will have to pay superannuation alongside wages. Under the proposed changes, an individual's Superannuation Guarantee (SG) contribution must be received by their super ...

Chalmers teases superannuation update

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024

... parliament on Wednesday about the progress that Australians have made together when it comes to getting inflation down and wages up and rolling out cost-of-living help at the same time as we reform our economy for the future. "We will have more to say ...

Wages grow 3.5% for the year

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024

... Australia (RBA) was expecting. "The big drop in the annual rate was expected. It reflected a much smaller lift in award wages this financial year," Wu said. The ABS data revealed around 45% of jobs saw a wage change in the September quarter, down slightly ...

Australian Retirement Trust works to resolve ongoing outages

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024

... "This is the equivalent of an employer saying their bank account is down and they don't know when they can pay your wages. Retirees deserve better." In a statement to Financial Standard, ART said: "We sincerely apologise to members impacted by the ...

CBA's conviction on December rate cut has 'dipped'

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024

... there is a lot of uncertainty around this estimate. "Given this uncertainty, the RBA will be looking to the inflation and wages data to guide where full employment might conceivably sit. This process is somewhat of an experiment that is being conducted ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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