-News for the week that was in Finance-




Covid News

-Great news for VIC
-NSW not so much
-Covid Supplement to extend well into 2021?



ATO 

$120m clawed back Jobkeeper Payments from ineligible clients



ABS data on consumer prices 

Inflation has increased 1.6%



Carbon Neutral Targets 

Coal and natural gas purchases in Australia in danger as overseas governments adopt this stance.



ANZ has also announced a carbon neutral plan 

No assistance to finance coal and thermal plants 
No longer providing services to businesses whose rev (10%) is made up of coal / thermal. 
ANZ policy also applies to the construction of large scale office buildings - where loans will only be provided if they had a 5 star energy rating.



Wine exports has increased by 4% - despite all the rumours




Banking news

ANZ - $500m cash profit hit
NAB - Staff underpaid hits profits
ABL - Board of ABL takes a paycut



And more!