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There's a crisis in Australia. Construction companies are going into liquidation at a record rate, leaving home buyers, tradespeople, employees and the industry in shock. CPA Australia's insolvency expert shares advice and need-to-know insights. Listen now. Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead, CPA Australia Guest: Kristen Beadle, Manager Public Practice and SME, CPA Australia And for more, CPA Australia has a guidance page on indicators of financial distress for SMEs. CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting: With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast platform. You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

Australia's superannuation system is a global leader. Worth around AUD $3.4 trillion, the nation should be proud of the world's fifth-largest super system, one that covers around 16 million Australians as they work towards retirement. So, why is the Australian Government seeking to legislate an "objective" for super? A public consultation on the objective recently closed, and CPA Australia has made a submission. CPA Australia thinks that superannuation is only one component of a broader retirement savings system and, therefore, should not be considered in isolation. Furthermore, there should be a clear long-term vision articulated for Australia's retirement savings system. We speak with the author of CPA Australia's submission to learn more. Listen now. Host: Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia Guest: Michael Davison, Senior Manager Advocacy and Retirement Policy, CPA Australia For information on today's topic, you can read CPA Australia's submission on legislating an objective for the superannuation system. And for more, CPA Australia has a summary page with policy perspectives to government policy, legislative or administrative announcements. CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting: With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast platform. You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

Did you know the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was last reviewed in 1981? That was the Campbell inquiry reporting to the then Fraser Government. Much has changed since then. Little wonder there's great interest in this current review to be delivered to the Federal Government imminently, and which was triggered by the reporting of senior Sydney Morning Herald and The Age correspondent Shane Wright. The respected correspondent joins Jennifer Duke, CPA Australia's Walkley Award-winning former economics correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. They discuss the potential impact of this review. In particularly, the origins of the RBA and the broader implications for the Central Bank of this review. And with the RBA firmly in the spotlight for its aggressive cash rate rises since May 2022, there will be much focus on this review when it's delivered to the Treasurer Jim Chalmers. "The reserve bank has this fantastic graph," Wright says in this episode, "showing its forecast for wages growth from about 2012 marked against reality. And never the twain shall meet. "This is the Mary Celeste of forecasting." Listen now. Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead at CPA Australia Guest: Shane Wright, Senior Economics correspondent with the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age You can read Shane's reporting on the origins of the Reserve Bank and the case for a review. CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting: With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast platform. You can email the podcast team at [email protected] Audio of RBA Governor Philip Lowe: Source: Reserve Bank of Australia 2021

A new Asia-Pacific Small Business survey by CPA Australia was released this week. And the survey has some surprise findings, despite the economic turbulence and COVID-19-related issues. However, we've flagged issues with the government that we believe could harm our future growth. Want key learnings from CPA Australia's 14th annual Asia-Pacific small business survey? We received responses from 4280 small businesses in: Australia New Zealand Mainland China Hong Kong India Malaysia New Zealand Philippines Singapore Taiwan Vietnam In this episode, we chat with one of the report's authors to deep dive into the findings. Listen now. Host: Dr. Jane Rennie, General Manager Media and Content, CPA Australia Guest: Gavan Ord, Senior Manager Business Policy, CPA Australia And after you've listened to the podcast, have a read of the CPA Australia's Small Business Survey and vote in our LinkedIn poll. There is also a media release on this podcast topic. CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting: With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast platform. You can email the podcast team at [email protected]

Retirement and financial wellbeing depends on ensuring all Australians can access appropriate, high-quality financial advice. Right? However, aspects of this sector haven't worked as well as they could. Instead, consumers and advisers are grappling with high costs, a lack of trust and excessive documentation. For these reasons, there has been a review (Michelle Levy's Quality of Advice Review, otherwise known as the QAR). The aim of the review is to improve the accessibility and affordability of quality financial advice. The recommendations were made public in February 2023. To dive into the QAR are two CPA Australia experts who made submissions and worked closely with government and industry to help find some practical solutions. Want to learn more? Listen right now. Host: Jennifer Duke, External Affairs Lead at CPA Australia Guests: Keddie Waller, Head of Public Practice and SME at CPA Australia, and Michael Davison, Senior Manager, Advocacy and Retirement Policy at CPA Australia You can also have a look at CPA Australia's Quality of Advice Review – Proposals for Reform. And read the media release explaining why the Joint Associations Working Group welcomes the release of the final report of the Quality of Advice Review For further information, CPA Australia has produced a Value of Advice research report which has some excellent insights. CPA Australia publishes three podcasts, providing commentary and thought leadership across business, finance and accounting: With Interest INTHEBLACK Excel Tips Search for them in your podcast platform. You can email the podcast team at [email protected]