JIM CHALMERS

Funds management

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his second Budget, outlining how Labor is preparing Australians for its ‘defining decade’ by helping with cost-of-living pressures....

Funds management

The Treasurer has confirmed inflation has “passed its peak”, as data shows CPI inflation fell in the 12 months to the March quarter....

Superannuation

Indexing the $3 million threshold and using actual earnings to calculate tax are among suggestions from associations to the Treasury super concession consultation, descri...

Superannuation

The consultation paper on doubling the concessional tax rate for superannuation balances exceeding $3 million would take feedback from stakeholders until mid-April. ...

People & Products

Former RBA governor Robert Johnston, who held the post for seven years, has died this week....

Funds management

In its annual review, the IMF has said the Australian economy is “on a narrow path for a soft landing” but continued monetary and fiscal policy tightening is needed....

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Funds management

KPMG economists have responded to Treasurer Jim Chalmers economic update, stating the inflation forecast is “confronting” for the rest of the year and spending cuts are n...

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Funds management

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has warned inflation in Australia “will be worse before it gets better”....

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Policy & Regulation

Organisations have welcomed the Albanese Labor government and the appointment of Stephen Jones as minister for financial services with hopes for a focus on education and ...

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Outsider

When does a tweak become a change, Outsider wonders, and who decides when one becomes the other?...

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Superannuation

Labor would not make any “wholesale changes” to Your Future, Your Super reforms but has instead committed to tweaking aspects of it in response to emergent challenges tha...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Labor Party has spread the focus on financial services across three members of its Shadow Cabinet team....

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal opposition is consulting with stakeholders and experts to ensure Budget proposal changes do not negatively impact people on lower incomes. ...

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