Markets
Budget will make bosses cough up your super with each pay packet
Next week’s Budget will reveal that by 1 July 2026, super will be paid with a worker’s pay-packet, not quarterly.
Articles by Peter Switzer
Markets
Will escalating insolvencies stop the RBA’s interest rate rises?
Ten rate rises are starting to bite, big time. One industry expert called it an “insolvency Armageddon”, with cash-troubled business...
Markets
The bad news is — sackings are rising. The good news is — sackings are rising!
As the bad news of job cuts rise and Australia Post sacks 400 workers, you have to wonder if the...
Markets
The end of the line for rate rises
Even if push comes to shove and there’s another hiccup rise, it looks like it’s the end of the line...
Politics
Is Treasurer Chalmers under pressure to spend or to not spend?
Good inflation news is expected today, which will help the Treasurer in all his budget calculations. And it looks like...
Markets
Will a rate rise next week kill Dr Phil Lowe’s and other Aussies jobs?
The RBA Governor has a gamble on his hands: does he need to raise rates again or has he already...
Markets
A better RBA and interest rate setting process is coming to an economy near you!
Dr Lowe’s mistaken ‘no interest rate change until 2024’ has led to some positive changes. Here’s a quick list of...
Markets
Silence of the lambs: should RBA board members have told Dr Phil Lowe that his call on rates was wrong?
It’s Dr Jim versus Dr Phil and big changes are afoot for the RBA and its boss.
Politics
Coming soon: Dr No starring Treasurer Jim Chalmers
This May's Federal Budget will be blockbuster viewing starring Jim Chalmers as Dr No!
Politics
When investing, be careful of what Budgets and Governments can do!
At Budget time, Treasurers look under every rock to see if there’s spare money hiding there. Just be careful you...