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The 2026 global economy: nervously muddling through
The world economy enters 2026 in a nervous state. Volatility and cautious consumers are the norm, even though growth has proven surprisingly resilient.
With $3m super tax ‘the house always wins’
He said it also failed to apply the CGT discount to unrealised capital gains and worst of all, there was no refund if unrealised gains reversed....
Insolvencies on the rise
The latest research has found that in the first half of the 2023 financial year, external administrator and controller appointments rose by 62...
Financial job candidates asking for unrealistic salaries
The most recent Robert Half Salary Guide found that nearly 60 per cent of chief financial officers have had candidates request an unrealistic...
Post-COVID surge in business start-ups fuels mobile payments
Of those surveyed, 9 per cent of these entrepreneurs started a business between March 2020 and January 2022, while almost twice as many (16 per...
ASIC permanently bans former insurance broker
ASIC found that between November 2015 and April 2019, Justin Edward Hampshire engaged in dishonest conduct in relation to a financial product or...
Economic experts warn cash rate will rise again tomorrow
In this month’s Finder RBA Cash Rate Survey™, 42 experts and economists weighed in on future cash rate moves and other issues relating to the...
Financial hardship hitting more people in every demographic
In its latest Consumer Insights report, NAB found that found four in 10 Australians experienced some form of financial hardship in Q4 of 2022 and...
More people now working more than one job
The report on the proportion of vacant jobs found that multiple job-holding has become more common over the past few years, with 925,000 people...
More than $360,000 recovered for Perth security staff
The Ombudsman recovered $368,666 for 102 underpaid security guards and supervisors. In July 2021, Fair Work inspectors audited 13 security...
Underinsurance, false affordability, and increasing risk: the perils of climate-related disasters in Australian communities
The flood has been called unprecedented, record-breaking, and historical. These adjectives have been getting a lot of use lately, and feels like...
