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$3m super tax faces axe, pushed to 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... when they go into 'caretaker mode'." Ali also said there are fears around the alliance between the Labor party and the Greens, who want even more taxes applied to retirement savings. "My hope is if the Labor party do form minority government with the ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... will drop its first SSN-AUKUS in the late 2030s and Australia will follow suit in the early 2040s. What's worrying for Greens senator David Shoebridge is that the bill allows for the "dumping of US and UK intermediate-level waste and other high-level ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... should be focusing on measures that encourage this growth rather than stifling it." The bill will need the support of the Greens and at least three members of the Senate crossbench to pass. However, Burgess remains skeptical. "The fact that the government ...

Future Group joins campaign to ban gambling ads

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... due to weaker market conditions. However, there's a concerted effort from former heads of state, backbenchers and the Greens for a complete ban. Australians lose $25 billion each year to gambling, the highest per capita spend in the world, the Australian ...

AWAG invests in advice firm, adds to network

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
The Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) has taken a stake in Melican Financial Planning and added Murdoch Private Wealth to its licence. ASX-listed AWAG took a 20% stake in Melican Financial Planning, a firm that provides accounting, mortgage broking ...

The unintended consequences of the four-day work week

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... also result in more intense workdays and heightened stress levels that potentially cause burnout. Last year, Labor and Greens backed a recommendation by the Senate work and care committee to trial a four-day work week at full pay. In 2022, UK fund manager ...

Heartland finally gets regulatory approval for Challenger Bank acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Heartland Group Holdings has announced it received indicative regulatory approvals from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) for Heartland Bank's acquisition of Challenger Bank. Heartland said ...

Government dawdling on paid parental leave super: Greens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
The Greens will propose changes to the government's Paid Parental Leave Bill (PPL) to ensure that superannuation is paid on PPL from July 1 this year. Earlier this month, the government announced that the PPL scheme will include superannuation guarantee ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... under the fund's ESG policy on cluster munitions and anti-personnel landmines. Under pressure Last December, Australian Greens senator David Shoebridge called out the Future Fund for investing more than $600 million in global weapons companies. Documents ...

Cbus scolded over 'most galling conflict' in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... conflict is "clearly unmanageable." The HAFF passed through Parliament in September, despite funding pressure from the Greens. The legislation empowers the government to construct a pipeline of 30,000 new social and affordable rental homes within the ...
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