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Leaders push for overseas skills recognition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... opportunities across borders. Migration System Review chair and former secretary of Treasury and the department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Martin Parkinson said the reforms should be a "political and economic no-brainer". "Everyone here, citizen ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... be a zero-cost, high-benefit improvement to the regulation. "Critically, and rarely amongst federal politicians, the Minister for Housing and Cities understands the importance of institutional investment into the work of Australian companies building ...

Account number issue causes angst, undue admin work: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... around the time when the obligation commenced, there is no flexibility in this part of the Corporations Act for either the Minister or ASIC to fix it," he said. "This outcome should have been avoidable. As set out above, this is a particularly complex ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... amidst several countries stating they will recognise Palestine next month, which includes Australia as announced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday. A June study from Harvard University estimated that 377,000 Palestinians are unaccounted for ...

Chalmers unveils Economic Reform Roundtable agenda

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
... attraction, development and mobility; and capital attraction and business management. It will also include addresses from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Chalmers and Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Michele Bullock. The second day will see Productivity ...

Treasury launches consultation on CSLR breaching sub-sector levy caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... context of the longer-term considerations arising out of the review." Under section 1069H of the Corporations Act, the minister has three high-level options for dealing with a revised estimate that exceeds a sub-sector levy cap. They are spreading compensation ...

Mulino sits on Tranche 2 for now, grapples with complexity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino says releasing the next exposure draft for the "complex" second tranche of Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms is a top priority, but the financial advice sector should not expect it anytime ...

FAAA fights to reignite Dixon inquiry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... general manager of policy, advocacy and standards Phil Anderson said it is working closely with the Financial Services Minister Daniel Mulino and the Shadow Minister to get the inquiry back on track. "Both parties have indicated that they support the ...

1MDB mastermind found in Shanghai with Aussie passport: Reports

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... billion stolen from 1 Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the sovereign wealth fund he helped former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak establish. Razak was recently released from prison after having been charged over the scandal. He was discharged ...

CSLR releases revised levy estimate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... the personal financial advice subsector estimate exceeds the sub-sector cap of $20 million, the scheme has notified the minister for financial services of the need for a special levy of $47.289 million," the CSLR said. Meanwhile, the revised estimate ...