Pictured: Michelle & Phillip Brown, Rebecca and Cameron Moore, Elissa and Jason Hargreaves Fine wine, food and song took centre stage last month at Craig’s Hotel as Royal South Street Society held a charity fundraiser…
Last month we spoke with Ian Walker, Director of Conservation at Conservation Volunteers, about the organisation's origin, major achievements, managing volunteers and the disaster recovery efforts following the Scotsburn fires. How did Conservation Volunteers start out?…
The Stadium Stomp is a major fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation, who conduct research into treatment and cures for Leukaemia, Lymphoma, Myeloma and related blood disorders and also provide support to people affected by these…
History frequently unfolds by accident rather than by design. The decision to enact on ‘Brexit’ has thrown a cloak of uncertainty over the future of the European project. The redefinition of the UK’s relationship with…
The month of May defied the weight of investor apathy and continued its positive run over what is normally a seasonally weaker period, bolstered by another rate cut and improving US economic stats. Since then the…
With the 30 June just weeks away there are numerous things to consider for small businesses, trustees of discretionary trusts and companies in general. Here are a few of the main ones: Small Business Entities…
The 2016-17 budget introduced a number of proposed changes to superannuation which are likely to affect many individuals. These include: A $500,000 lifetime non-concessional contributions cap which came into effect from Budget night taking into account…
The Budget introduces a series of tax cuts progressively applied to business. Significantly, the threshold for accessing some of the small business entity concessions will increase dramatically from the current $2 million threshold to $10…
The 2016-17 Federal Budget is a budget of targets – broad targets to boost business and innovation, and the narrow revenue targets of the wealthy and multi-nationals. It’s a big, long-term crafted budget designed to…
The 2016/17 Federal Budget included several key announcements targeted towards individuals and families, including personal tax cuts for middle income owners, increases to the Medicare threshold for low-income earners and a new employment program for unemployed youth.…
