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There is now more than $1 trillion in self-managed superannuation funds, which means a big chunk of money isn’t regulated by APRA, and it’s the rate of the shift into SMSFs and less-regulated managed investment schemes that has regulators worried. Source link

Visitors are returning to the mountain village of Paluma, north of Townsville, 16 months after access was cut. Source link

A $6 billion dollar project to rehabilitate a gold mine and turn it into a pumped hydro power station has been dumped by the Queensland government.  Source link

Wall Street was weighed down by another bout of selling in the tech sector. The ASX is priced to edged higher despite renewed hostilities in the Gulf Source link

Telstra’s Customer Access Network Radio has been a lifeline for many for more than 40 years but its technology has reached the end of its life. Customers now fear a new system will not be as reliable in an emergency. Source link

Anti-money laundering laws mean that for the first time, real estate agents, lawyers, accountants and others must report suspicious transactions.  Source link

The corporate watchdog is concerned that super trustees that manage Australians’ retirement savings have a lack of safeguards in place. Source link

Two things happened last week that give us a much clearer picture of what the world is going to be like from now on. Source link

Sydney and Melbourne record their weakest auction results in years, with fewer than half of all homes going under the hammer finding a buyer. Source link

Bartering is one of the oldest trade systems in the world, and as the cost of living soars, there is growing interest in trading homegrown and homemade goods. Source link