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Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... could be considered a parent even though there is no genetic link between the father and child," he said. A High Court ruling in 2006 clarified that a sperm donor could not be considered a sperm donor with no parental rights if they are an invested parent ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
China has continued to tighten the screws on Australia after formally banning the importation of Australian coal. The reason, or reasons, are immaterial. Beijing could dig up a number of justifications for its most recent diktat the same way it did ...

Court rules insurers to cover COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
The NSW Court of Appeal has ruled pandemic exclusions are invalid, and insurers will have to cover COVID-19; a ruling that has seen IAG go into a trading halt. IAG entered a trading halt on the back of the news, with the ruling possibly meaning insurers ...

Chief economist update: Prime Minister Suga

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... Suga will officially be Prime Minister following a parliamentary vote on September 16 after being elected President of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) two days earlier. Prime Minister Suga faces a baptism of fire, thrust into leadership at ...

Magellan readies lower-cost funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... In an update on Magellan's in-the-works retirement income product, the firm said it has received a private binding ruling from the ATO (that gives it an idea of the taxation) and is in talks with other regulators. Magellan Financial Group's NPAT ...

Chief economist update: Stop right now, thank you very much

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... infection has already forced the Andrews administration to reimpose Stage 3 lockdown restrictions, with the government not ruling out further tightening and going into Stage 4 restrictions. For sure and for certain, the greatest impact would be felt ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... has locked down 39 suburbs. With infected cases continuing to rise since then, Victorian state premier Dan Andrews is not ruling out expanding restrictions to other suburbs and all of Victoria if needs be. But hey, Australia remains the Lucky Country ...

Judgement delivered in binary options fraud

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... superannuation used for binary options trading", and slammed Ida and Senese for their involvement in the scheme. As part of her ruling, One Tech Media will be permanently banned from carrying on a financial services business, and will be forced to pay ...

Warren Buffett allegedly conned by German company

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... that William Schultz was worth EUR 157 million at max instead of the EUR 800 million that it paid for it. In an April 8 ruling, Castparts won orders for the German company to pay it EUR 643 million to account for the difference. Wilhelm Schulz's former ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... Except for Hawaii boy Scott Morrison. This from Factset: "Australia remains the holdout with Prime Minister Morrison again ruling out a fiscal response to the expected impact on growth from the virus".