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11 April 2017 |
The Australian
Gar
y Sturgess, the architect of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, has warned that making hearings private would bring its future into question, but says there is widespread support for measures to limit damage to reputations arising from its hearings.
11 April 2017 |
SMH
The Turn
bull government's powerful expenditure review committee has discussed axing one of Tony Abbott's first major policy achievements, the work-for-the-dole program.
But a group of backbench MPs have lobbied Treasurer Scott Morrison as part of a rearguard action to save it, with one describing work for the dole as "red meat for the base" and warning that axing it would infuriate the party's conservative supporters.
10 April 2017 |
The Age
I ha
ve bad news and worse for advocates of micro-economic reform. First, the jig is up. There'll be few if any further major reforms. Second, the backlash against mounting wreckage from failed reforms is about to begin.
Since the reform push has degenerated into little more than business rent-seeking – let's cut tax on business and increase it on consumers; let's push the legislated balance of power in industrial relations further in favour of employers – it's neither surprising nor regrettable that voters have called a halt.
10 April 2017 |
AFR
From July
1 starting a superannuation pension by retiring will become an increasingly popular strategy as individuals seek to leave transition to retirement pensions, or transition to retirement income streams (TRISs).
This is because from that date a TRIS will no longer be tax-free, while assets supporting an account-based pension, which is typically harder to get, will continue to be exempt from earnings tax.
10 April 2017 |
AFR
News that B
HP Billiton is being urged by an activist US hedge fund to demerge its petroleum arm sent the miner's shares soaring in late trade and pushed the benchmark index to a two-year high.
Elliot Management, which holds about 4.1 per cent of BHP's London-listed shares, proposed unifying BHP's dual-listed company structure into a sole Australian entity and separately listing the miner's US petroleum business on the New York stock exchange.
10 April 2017 |
AFR
Austr
alia's prized AAA credit rating could be firmed up by the prudential regulator's moves to target interest-only loans, according to Moody's, but the credit ratings agency remains concerned that elevated household debt may amplify economic risk if housing markets turn sour.
09 April 2017 |
Guardian Australia
09 April 2017 |
The Age
Real esta
te continues to dominate the headlines in tandem with speculation on the future of the housing market as the banking regulator's crack down on interest-only loans begins to bite.
Bank of Queensland chief executive John Sutton was front-page news last week when he revealed that some of his competitors were offering maximum loans of up to 30 per cent more than his bank was prepared to write. He finished with a timely warning: "This will end in tears."
07 April 2017 |
SMH
Shocking cases of wage fraud in the big brands of 7-Eleven, Domino's, Caltex and United Petroleum, ricochet across the country, prompting all sides of politics to promise new legislation to rein in systemic wage fraud.
Or so we thought.
07 April 2017 |
ABC
Is the prop
erty market simply out of reach for younger Australians?
Australian millennials were ranked second last in home ownership in a recent survey by international bank HSBC.
The bank surveyed 9,000 millennials — people between the ages of 18 and 36 — in nine different countries.
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