Cut red tape! This was the overwhelming response from our clients when asked what they wished for from government in the coming year. It’s an understandable concern. KPMG Enterprise (SME)…
Put simply, we are simply not responding to our changed circumstances. Our first reading of MYEFO suggests for the period FY17 to FY20 government receipts are expected to be about…
Today sees the Prime Minster, Queensland Premier and Townsville Mayor sign Australia’s first ‘City Deal’ in what I hope will be the first of many such agreements that have the…
Having strongly supported the government’s initial superannuation legislative measures last week we think yesterday’s follow-up effort on the more contentious issues was a reasonable outcome in a difficult position. The…
The government’s political problems with the superannuation tax changes proposed in May’s Budget are well known as Parliament still awaits the draft legislation on the most contentious of these issues.…
The Federal Government has released, for the first time, a register of foreign investment in agricultural land. The belief by many Australians that China is buying up the family farm…
The Ideas Boom; the innovation nation; jobs and growth. Over the past year or so, it seems like we have been inundated with slogans. So much so, that we risk…
With the Federal Election run and won, and Parliament set to resume, attention will once again focus on tax reform, and, in particular, what will happen in relation to the…
Federal Parliament returned yesterday and it is crucial that all representatives – new and old – address our economic situation seriously in the new sitting. Business surveys have shown widespread…
Parliament resumed this week after its long post-election break. But there is a legislative proposal to be debated which threatens to erode Australia’s brand as a destination for investment in…
