What does the Federal Budget mean for me? It’s a Budget for the here and now, he says, but also for the decades to come. More than $8.4 billion has been allocated to quick-fix cost-of-living adjustments along with the previously […]

For good measure, resilience also got a mention with spending targeted at building a more modern economy to deal with the challenges ahead. This is the first budget from a federal Labor government in almost a decade, barely five months […]

ROPAN recently hosted a night of information and entertainment at Century Inn Traralgon. It was a pleasure to have economic speaker Libby Newman from Vanguard and Keynote speaker Jerry Grayson.  Jerry captured everyone’s attention with his stories about his Royal […]

As we make our way towards the end of the year, we would like to thank you, our clients, for working hard with us to ensure that your financial affairs are in excellent shape.The last eighteen months have created various […]

Amid calls for more affordable infant formula options here, supermarket chain Sheng Siong launched a new formula milk range from Australia, priced between $25.50 and $29.50 for a 900g tin, on Thursday (Aug 24). The formula is manufactured by Nature […]

There’s a reason kids’ quotes are popular topics everywhere from Twitter and Instagram to forums and blogs. Before little ones learn manners and pick up on the subtle ‘rules’ of social interaction in different contexts, they’re pretty happy to say […]

Australia’s strong performance is even more remarkable in a year characterised by ongoing uncertainty and volatility on global markets, culminating in the shock British exit – or Brexit – from the European Union. Locally, investment plans were on hold during […]

If you are planning to put after-tax money into super before June 30 you now need to work out whether you will be in breach of the new $500,000 lifetime cap on non-concessional contributions. This cap is calculated from 1 […]

Budget 2016: Blueprint for an election Treasurer Scott Morrison promised it would be no ordinary budget but instead an ‘economic plan for jobs and growth’. With the federal election to be held on July 2nd 2016, the focus has shifted […]

The New Year’s festivities were barely over, signing off on a difficult year for investors, when the fireworks started all over again on global markets. In the first two weeks of 2016 Australian and US shares recorded their worst start […]