Business Council chief executive Jennifer Westacott. Picture: Gary Ramage Under the paid parental leave scheme, eligible parents receive up to 18 weeks paid time off at the national minimum wage. The rate is $150.78 per day before tax. Currently, Dad and Partner Pay under the paid parental leave scheme provides working fathers with up to two weeks of government-funded pay at minimum wage, which lands at around $719 a week (before tax). The total couples receive from both payments can t be more than 18 weeks. The BCA initially wants the 18 weeks extended to 20 weeks for both mother and father, rising to 26 weeks over the next eight years.
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âNow is the momentâ: Business Summit energised by change
The Australian Financial Review Business Summit captured a corporate sector energised by the nationâs success in dealing with the pandemic and determined to use it as a burning platform for change.Â
A big crowd greets Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Financial Review Business Summit. Â
Louie Douvis
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The buzz was unmistakable.
You could sense it in the registration line and the coffee queue. You could feel it in the enthusiastic greetings and broad smiles. You could see it in the 300 eager faces packed into the ballroom of Sydneyâs Hilton Hotel, waiting for Prime Minister Scott Morrison to kick off The Australian Financial Review Business Summit.
Philip Loweâs plea to CEOs
The RBA governor says there is no easy way to boost business investment, but the corporate sector canât simply rely on government policy to ride to the rescue.Â
Mar 10, 2021 â 11.52am
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Reserve Bank of Australia governor Philip Lowe is spending an awful lot of time jawboning the bond market just now. His latest instalment arrived on Wednesday at The Australian Financial Review Business Summit.
No, there is no inflation outbreak on the horizon.
Yes, there is plenty of slack in the economy, particularly in the labour market where wages growth is stagnant.