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SMC pushes for carers to qualify for SG

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... especially for women, who carry the bulk of caring responsibilities. It's a foundation stone to begin to tackle the carer poverty penalty," Schubert said. The report also highlighted superannuation gaps affecting approximately 184,000 gig economy workers ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... protection systems are limited or fiscal buffers are constrained, these pressures may translate quickly into increased poverty and vulnerability," the UN said. Disruptions to remittance flows and exchange rate pressures may also weaken household resilience ...

Inflation 'uncomfortably high' as it rises to 3.8%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... calling for action to protect people doing it toughest, with a lift to JobSeeker and related payments to keep people out of poverty and investment in energy efficiency for households to cut bills. "Higher interest rates lead to increased unemployment ...

Oxfam calls for net wealth tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... extend energy bill relief for another two years and increase the humanitarian budget almost seven times over. The anti-poverty organisation also called for ending the capital gains tax discount for individuals and trusts and instead taxing the income ...

Renters need twice as much super, risk poverty in retirement: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... enjoy the same standard of living. All in all, the study found that renters have higher rates of financial stress and poverty than homeowners. SCA chief executive Xavier O'Halloran is urging intervention to fix the inadequate levels of Commonwealth Rent ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... this holds substantial meaning in the context of the growing middle class, especially in China, which eradicated extreme poverty in 2020, according to the World Bank. Since 1978, about 800 million people lifted out of abject poverty. "We have this enormous ...

Hume's super sharing bill lashed in parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... proposal excludes single people, only serving to further disadvantage older single women who are often the most at risk of poverty in retirement. "Allowing couples the scope to roll over existing super savings from the super fund with the higher balance ...

China wants to be leader in renewable energy: Gore

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... the goal. They've also given up their long-held position on being treated as a developing country." Despite per capita poverty remaining high, Gore said the Chinese economy has grown. "I think that their ambition may not only be to dominate these industries ...

Removing CGT breaks could boost budget by $22.7bn: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
A new report by anti-poverty organisation Oxfam Australia (Oxfam) revealed nearly 50% of the capital gains tax discount went to 24,000 people who earned over $1 million in 2022-2023. Findings indicate that on average, each of these individuals received ...

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... "morally wrong." The number of Australian billionaires has risen from 74 in 2015 to 161 in 2025, according to the anti-poverty organisation's analysis of the Australian Financial Review Rich List. Its analysis exposed that the total wealth of Australia's ...
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