The Australian government has initiated the HomeBuilder grant program to stimulate the residential construction sector and help safeguard the jobs of one million tradesmen around the country. It comes as the building sector faces a significant drop of 22% for homes approved for construction and 13.2% for alterations and additions, figures released by the Australian […]
Australian Government Stimulus Package Overview
The Australian Government has announced a second stimulus package to further support individuals, households and businesses, through the economic impact of COVID-19. The first stimulus was announced on 12 March 2020, and a second stimulus package was announced on 22 March 2020 as a response to the further deteriorating economy, with the full economic effects […]
Staying connected (from a distance)
As we try to understand the health, financial and social implications of coronavirus, we have made a few changes to our work environment. As far as I can tell we’ve avoided any exposure to coronavirus thus far and to help keep this outbreak under control we are making some temporary changes to how we interact […]
Coronavirus and share market insights
Cast your mind back to the financial press of December 2019. How many economists had “a virus caused by people eating bat soup” in their forecasts for 2020? And yet here we are watching with concern the spread of the new Coronavirus, with it being unsettling as a health risk as well as from an […]
Changes to insurance in super from 1 Apr 2020
Earlier in the year we announced the changes to insurance in super that took place from 1 July 2019. They formed part of the government’s ‘Protecting Your Super’ (PYS) package which aims to protect super savings from being eroded by fees and charges. New legislation recently passed in September 2019 introduce new changes to insurance […]