Public affairs
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr handed down the 2020-21 State Budget this week, noting that the economy is set to grow 2.7 per cent per year…
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights The Australian Electoral Commission published the 2019-20 transparency register, reporting $18,020,970 was donated to political parties last year. The Commonwealth Government reinstated the New Zealand travel bubble. The…
The Financial Services Agenda 2021
22 January 2021 Overview A quick guide to the regulatory reform and policy transformation we expect to see in Financial Services throughout the year ahead.…
Budget 2020-21: Key Portfolio Measures
6 October 2020 On this page: Defence, Foreign Affairs, Trade, Home Affairs and Attorney-General Health, Families and Social Services Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities Communications…
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights Australian Bureau of Statistics data has this week revealed the unemployment rate has risen to 7.4 per cent for June, up from 7.1 per…
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights The RBA kept interest rates at 0.25 per cent. Governor Philip Lowe said the economy is going through a “very difficult period”. Labor candidate…
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights The latest Newspoll has the Coalition in front of Labor 51-49 on a two-party preferred basis, while PM Scott Morrison’s personal approval rating has…
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Australia will suffer a GDP contraction of 4.5 per cent, down from an April prediction of 6.7 per…
Weekly Wrap Up
Highlights Federal Parliament resumed this week, with the Government progressing its financial services legislative agenda. Australia’s unemployment rate reached 7.1 per cent in May, with…