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What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... expand eligibility for Parenting Payment (Single) to include single principal carers, whose youngest child is under 14 years of age. Chalmers boasted a small surplus but warned that a deficit in the short term is imminent. In the superannuation sector ...

How this budget was built

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... budget. It's only a matter of time until a superannuation-like levy is proposed. Payments to seniors, which in the main are Age Pension payments and aged care expenditures, are meanwhile growing strongly but only by 7% each, which pretty much matches ...

Federal budget 2023: Winners and losers

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... Payment (Single) are set to benefit from an extra $176.90 per fortnight as the result of a change which will increase the age limit of the youngest eligible child from eight to 14. Aged care workers: The government will make good on a recommendation ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... expand eligibility for Parenting Payment (Single) to include single principal carers, whose youngest child is under 14 years of age. Currently, the payment is available to eligible single principal carers with a child aged under eight years old. "In ...

Budget cuts advisers' power bills, admin burden

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Operating a financial advice practice is set to become easier and cheaper under a raft of measures the federal government has introduced, which includes buffering the rising costs of power bills and reducing administration burdens. Federal treasurer ...

Funding boosts ASIC greenwashing remit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
ASIC will tighten its scrutiny of greenwashing as part of the Labor government's crackdown on protecting investors against investment scams and other misconduct from product issuers. Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers bolstered ASIC enforcement activity ...

Budget delivers surplus, with a catch

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
The federal government has delivered a small surplus of $4.2 billion for 2022-23, the first in 15 years, but structural deficit challenges continue to pose a threat to long-term fiscal stability. Treasurer Jim Chalmers touted the surplus and smaller ...

Next generation stands by family adviser: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... $1.5 trillion has been passed on to the next generation since 2002, according to the Productivity Commission. The average age of the recipient is 50 years old and inherits about $125,000. Nuveen head of global sales and adviser development Joy Crenshaw ...

Work, retirement redefined: Vanguard study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
According to Vanguard's inaugural How Australia Retires report, many working-age Australians are not only changing their expectations of life before retirement, but also reshaping expectations of what retirement means to them. Vanguard's survey of more ...

Last chance to vote: MAX Awards

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
Voting for the 29th annual Financial Standard MAX Awards will close at 5pm today. So far, the nominees have received 2494 votes in total. The MAX Awards look to celebrate the best and brightest in financial services marketing, advertising, and sales ...