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Australia's economic growth lays far beyond capitals

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... partnerships - it's got to be a joint initiative," Rosen said. "When big industry players couple with local and state governments, and market the country as a safe haven, all these things historically has worked really well." He noted that there ...

What Australia must do to be at the forefront of financial innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... policy, which has strongly contributed to the rapid development of AI implementation. In Australia, federal and state governments have invested $2 billion, complemented by private investment, but need further support to help development across all metrics. ...

Government to ask super funds to invest in defence infrastructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... venture capital and private equity providers. Additional partnering opportunities exist through co-investment with state governments and private sector businesses, contractors, investors, financiers or operators and with local councils." In accepting ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... abolishing non-compete clauses for low- and middle-income workers. "We've created a $900 million fund to reward state governments for implementing reforms that promote competition," Chalmers said. "We will abolish non-compete clauses for most workers. ...

Oaktree offers Star $650m lifeline

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... proposal is not conditional on Star raising subordinated capital, or any waiver or deferral of tax payable to state governments. "The board of The Star will consider the proposal. There is no certainty that the proposal will be progressed, that the conditions ...

Interest rates to remain on hold for some time

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2024
... control, insinuating that it was adding to the inflation problem. "It's not just the federal government, it's the state governments as well," Bullock said. "The fact that we've had to revise up our public demand forecasts, it's reflected the fact that ...

Inflation eases in July

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... and appears heavily influenced by the introduction of new energy price subsidies by both the federal and some state governments. The RBA is not likely to be overly excited by the result and it does not add to the case for a rate cut anytime soon," Bassanese ...

Advisers encouraged to engage with clients' kids

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... Australians to support their kids," O'Malley said. "While this needs to be tackled at a macro level by federal and state governments, there are other, more immediate options for younger Australians wishing to purchase their first property."

Australia's enviable debt levels

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... end 2022, there was $895 billion in Australian government securities on issue by the Commonwealth government. State governments, according to Reserve Bank statistics, have about another $500 billion in bonds on issue, bringing the broad Australian government ...

March inflation drops to 7%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... the expected rise in public sector salaries due to the elimination or increase of wage growth caps imposed by state governments. "These pressures add further fuel to the inflationary fire, boosting the case for further policy tightening later in the ...
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