40% correction? - Unlikely. Let’s start with the latest media commentary on “The Housing Market” – an elusive term at best. We’ve been told that the Australian Housing Market is overheated and could fall by 40%, but the fact is there is no such thing as a single...
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Implications of Labor’s Proposed Policies: Property, Investment Property, Negative Gearing, Franking Credits and Other Issues – Part 2
In part one on this topic we looked at the polices that Labor is likely to take to the Federal Election in 2019. In this article we look at the potential effect of these policies on the economy and what you should be considering regarding your own investment...
ATO scammer warning
Over recent months, an alarming number of Australians have been targeted by telephone scammers pretending to be calling from the ATO. Their potential victims are faced with threats of large fines, court or jail time if they don’t pay up immediately. While this is not...
The Banking, Superannuation, and Financial Services Royal Commission
A lot of clients would have recently heard about the Royal Commission into the banking sector. While many may think this doesn’t affect them, as they don’t have a loan, or they don’t have dealings with a bank, this isn’t correct. The Banking Sector affects the whole...
Implications of Labor’s Proposed Policies: Property, Investment Property, Franking Credits and Other Issues – Part 1
With the current turmoil in political circles, we thought it timely to provide some commentary on the policies announced by Labor, as Parliament is sitting at the end of this month. Somewhere between May and November 2019, we will see another Federal Election. While...
Business Clients – Tips and Traps on Employment Contracts
Part 3 – What to do next? If you’ve been following this series of emails, you’ll now be aware of some of the over-arching issues businesses might encounter when engaging staff or contractors. You will know now that casual staff, contractors and permanent employees all...