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TSY
Treasury
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3987 TO
3 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains text messages and call logs from August 2025 between Treasury officials regarding a Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) matter. The documents show informal communication attempts to arrange urgent discussions, with one official (Michael) repeatedly…
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TSY
Treasury
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3963
1 page
PDF
This email from a Treasury Policy Analyst discusses the Cyber Wardens Program, providing totals for Report 5 and retrospective data review for Reports 1-4. The document indicates Report 5 and accompanying cleansed data were undergoing assessment by BGH, with cumulative KPI…
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TSY
Treasury
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3997, 4004
5 pages
PDF
This email chain comprises internal Treasury-ASIC correspondence regarding a media release announcing ASIC's review of superannuation investment requirements. The review, led by ASIC with Treasury participation, will examine disclosure requirements in Regulatory Guide RG97…
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TSY
Treasury
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3989
5 pages
PDF
The Treasurer and Minister for Finance wrote to the Reserve Bank's Payments System Board Chair Michele Bullock on 4 July 2025 requesting identification of regulatory reform opportunities to support productivity growth, aligned with Cabinet decisions. The letter directs the RBA…
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TSY
Treasury
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3981
6 pages
PDF
This FOI release contains internal Treasury correspondence and financial data relating to the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF). Document 1 is a payment schedule showing two social housing projects funded through HAFF: Uniting Housing (Victoria) Limited and UnitingSA Housing…
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TSY
Treasury
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3976
15 pages
PDF
Treasury recommended the Government reject compensation claims from self-managed superannuation funds and direct investors who lost money in the Trio Capital collapse, arguing there was no special case for Government intervention and the position aligned with approaches to other…
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TSY
Treasury
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3965
19 pages
PDF
Treasury prepared a ministerial submission seeking the Treasurer's approval to submit the Treasury portfolio legislation bid for the 2025 Spring parliamentary sittings to the Prime Minister by 21 May 2025. The submission recommended that the Treasurer sign a letter to the Prime…
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TSY
Treasury
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3957
98 pages
PDF
This Treasury document is an estimates statement (SB25-000090) on the Housing Australia Future Fund and National Housing Accord. Round 1, announced 16 September 2024, generated a pipeline of 4,200 social and 9,500 affordable homes, with $9.2 billion in investment supporting…
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TSY
Treasury
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3960
7 pages
PDF
Treasury's analysis of the 2025-26 Default Market Offer (DMO) forecasted a 6.8 per cent retail electricity price increase in DMO regions, with the DMO accounting for approximately 70 per cent of underlying CPI electricity forecasts. Internal emails and a ministerial submission…
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TSY
Treasury
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3933
5 pages
PDF
This Question Time Brief prepared for the Treasurer addresses Australia's productivity challenges. Treasury attributes weak productivity growth to a "wasted decade" under the previous government, noting productivity fell 0.1 percent in the December quarter and 1.2 percent…
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TSY
Treasury
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3902
96 pages
PDF
Equality Australia Ltd (formerly Australians for Equality Ltd) applied for deductible gift recipient (DGR) specific listing status under tax law. Treasury's Not-for-profit Unit requested supporting documentation including a Certificate of Name Change and ACNC Registration…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3887
8 pages
PDF
Treasury's 2025 Senate Estimates briefs assess international economic conditions and a domestic policy incentive facing US opposition. On the US outlook, briefs note mixed conditions: pro-growth deregulation and corporate tax cuts offset by protectionist trade policies affecting…
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TSY
Treasury
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3900
20 pages
PDF
Treasury released an email and associated fact sheet from the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) regarding add-on insurance complaints. The email, dated 14 February 2025, notified Treasury and other recipients that AFCA would issue updated guidance on add-on…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3907, 3911, 3912, 3913, 3923
111 pages
PDF
Treasury's 2025 Incoming Government Brief provides an organisational overview of the department prepared for the incoming government. As of 28 February 2025, Treasury employed 1,730 staff (average staffing level 1,601), predominantly based in Canberra with offices in Sydney…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3910
21 pages
PDF
The Takeovers Panel's Executive drafted policy options in March 2015 to address regulatory uncertainty around shareholder intention statements in takeover bids. Three options were identified: having ASIC revise its 'truth in takeovers' policy to clarify that intention statements…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3880
4 pages
PDF
This release comprises internal Treasury emails and a costing request regarding Build to Rent legislation and small business tax deductions. The documents include email exchanges from July-August 2024 discussing costings for a housing industry joint position on Build to Rent…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3889
10 pages
PDF
The Australian Banking Association wrote to Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones on 11 November 2024 regarding the Consumer Data Right (CDR), expressing qualified support while flagging significant concerns. The ABA acknowledged the government's efforts to improve CDR but argued…
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TSY
Treasury
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3895
64 pages
PDF
The 2024 APS Employee Census highlights report for Treasury's Competition and Consumer Branch shows a 97% response rate (33 of 34 employees). On discrimination, 16% of respondents reported experiencing discrimination based on background or personal characteristics in the last 12…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3871
8 pages
PDF
Treasury held a series of meetings between November and December 2024 with the Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, ANZ, Westpac, and the Australian Bankers' Association to discuss implementation of recommendations from a de-banking report. The meetings (comprising…
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TSY
Treasury
Released
3894
17 pages
PDF
This email chain from July 2020 concerns Treasury's budget revenue submission preparation. The documents include internal emails discussing proposals for inclusion in the 2019-20 Budget revenue submission. A key item discussed is "China Matters," which the Government had…