Australia’s carbon tax is set to become law after legislation passed parliament on the 8th of November, to establish the world’s most broadly based carbon pricing scheme.

The tax is aimed at putting a price on pollution to encourage businesses to lessen their impact on the environment and climate change. Below are some key details of the scheme and what impact’s you can expect it to have.

On Monday the 29th of August we held our latest Wealth and Beyond Seminar, featuring Alastair Fink, Clive Staple, Pip O’Connell and Flight Centre Melville.

For those that couldn’t attend the night, please see below for a summary of key highlights from our guest speakers:

Congratulations!

We would like to congratulate Stephen on his recent win of the 2011 Securitor WA Adviser of the Year Award.  Stephen’s win is a reflection of the focus that Profusion Planning’s advisers place on providing high quality, personalised advice to their clients.

Please join us for our next Wealth and Beyond client briefing on the 29th of August.

This briefing will focus on Pre and Post Retirement, Tax Saving and Wealth Building Strategies. In addition, we have a special guest speaker to present on travelling through Western Australia:

The agenda for the evening will include:

News regarding market volatility and the position of the world governments has flooded the media over the last week. Thursday night saw the most significant decline in global equity markets since February 2009. We wanted to provide clarity surrounding what this means to the markets in the short and long term.