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Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... structure but fell short of making any recommendations. In releasing the 648-page report this morning, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg presented "evidence-based, independent" findings of the Retirement Income Review with Minister for Superannuation, Financials ...

Chief economist update: A wonderful set of numbers

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... October. "Today's job numbers confirm that Australia's economic recovery is gaining momentum," Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. Frydenberg was, of course, referring to the wonderful set of labour market numbers released by the ABS. The ABS reported ...

Mike Baird to chair government fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... shareholder in the fund, alongside ANZ, the Commonwealth Bank, the NAB, Westpac, HSBC and Macquarie. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the appointment after the inaugural chair of the fund, Will Hodgman, announced he would be stepping down. Baird has ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... Liberal Senator James Peterson said it struck him as a very unusual thing that the ANAO needed to write to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg for the issue to be dealt with. "So it appears that ANAO in fact had identified this issue of Mr Crennan's travel ...

ASFA proposes MySuper test

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... authorisation should be retained. If it is unsuccessful, the MySuper authorisation will be revoked. Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg unveiled the government's version of testing underperformance as part of the Your Future, Your Super reforms on budget ...

Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... care and social housing when delivering his budget reply speech. Delivering his response, Albanese said Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's budget has left Australians behind. "Our economy was already struggling coming into the crisis. Slow growth, flat wages ...

Several black holes in budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
There were several missed opportunities in the federal government's 2021 budget, according to industry leaders in the superannuation and charitable-giving sectors. The superannuation sector is letting Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's proposals sink ...

Super's role in new $10bn infra spend

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... budget's $10 billion extra infrastructure spend promise, says Frontier Advisors. Last night, federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said it will increase the infrastructure investment pipeline from $100 billion for the next decade promised during 2019 ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced the government will commit more than $1.6 billion to provide support to the country's ageing Australians, but experts say the measures don't go far enough. The Treasurer announced the record funding would ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... existing members are not disadvantaged. The Financial Services Council (FSC) offered a warm reception to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg's budget announcement. FSC chief executive Sally Loane said: "The government has risen to the challenge created by the ...