by Tony Greco | Apr 8, 2024 | Advocacy
The Super Guarantee (SG) penalty regime has been described by many including myself as “draconian”. It does not distinguish between an essentially compliant employer trying to do the right thing and a serial offender when it comes to their SG obligations. The SG...
by Hallie Donkin | Apr 4, 2024 | Features
The ASD Cyber Threat Report 2022-2023 tracked trends across cybersecurity incidents reported to the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC), identifying an increase of 23% in cybercrime reports in FY23, compared to FY22, with a total of 94,000 cybercrime reports. The...
by Chris Sheedy | Apr 4, 2024 | Features
“We’ve seen a rise in market concentration. We’ve seen an increase in the gap between cost and prices … We’ve seen a decline too in the startup rate … All of this suggests the Australian economy may have become less dynamic.” – Andrew Leigh announces...
by Hallie Donkin | Apr 2, 2024 | Features
ATO data shows the average taxable income for an individual in 2020/21, the most recent income year for which data is available. Sources of income Since 2013/14, the average total income has increased by 19%, with the greatest increase posted between 2019/20 and...
by Leonora Risse | Apr 2, 2024 | Features
The proportion of Australians in paid work climbed above 64% in May last year, and has stayed there since. At the same time, unemployment has hovered around a half-century low of 4%. In April last year, female unemployment fell to what is almost certainly an all-time...
