Welcome to Issue 55 of the FSC Policy Update. Parliament is set to resume for two weeks starting Monday 23 August, but with significantly reduced attendance due to COVID restrictions in place in the ACT.  Read more

Welcome to Issue 54 of the FSC Policy Update. Parliament is scheduled to resume on Tuesday 3 August for four weeks of sitting across August and early September, with only a single week break in the middle of August.   Read more

The FSC has been caught up in the broad-based NSW lock down, which impacts our Sydney CBD office. Read more

A focus for the FSC in our review of financial advice laws is finding opportunities to streamline regulation that is holding back the industry from delivering lower cost and higher quality service to consumers. Read more

Have you heard of the Australian Death Notification Service? Well if you have, you’re in the minority. Read more

Welcome to Issue 53 of the FSC Policy Update. Parliament sat for two weeks in June and passed three separate pieces of superannuation legislation, including the ‘Your Future, Your Super’, ‘More Flexible Super’ and ‘SMSF’ Bills. Their passage represents a win for the Government, given the hard-fought nature of the reforms, and will result in significant reform to the superannuation, funds management and life insurance sectors. Read more