Vincent Young

JUNE 2025 UPDATE Building industry does the heavy lifting Australia’s economy is slowing, but it’s the country’s builders who are doing the heavy lifting. This month's national account figures showed that GDP growth slowed to just 0.2 per cent in the March 2025 quarter, the weakest result in almost a…

MAY 2025 UPDATE Vincent Young turns 20 It's not every day you get to celebrate a milestone birthday. On election night we celebrated two at once - Vincent Young’s 20th and my 60th birthday party. When I reflect on my journey and that of Vincent Young, it has not been…

APRIL UPDATE Global markets and Australia's future The recent implementation of tariffs by America is an attempt to protect its industries from foreign competition. While the primary aim is to boost domestic manufacturing and reduce trade deficits in America, the global nature of commodity markets means that these tariffs have…

MARCH UPDATE Dealing with the ATO In 1939, Winston Churchill famously described Russia as “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”. These words can be equally applied to the Australian Tax Office. Emerging from its COVID era forbearances the ATO has announced that it is to be more…