FinOpineOpinion on money, markets and the law that shapes them.https://finopine.com/[Australia] The Bank changed which inflation number counts, then kept watching the old onehttps://finopine.com/au/2026-08-27-the-target-moved/https://finopine.com/au/2026-08-27-the-target-moved/Australia now measures its inflation target against a monthly figure. The Reserve Bank says it will keep making rate decisions off a quarterly one until 2027. Those are two different numbers.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT[Australia] The $3 million super line rises less often than the word indexed suggestshttps://finopine.com/au/2026-08-26-indexed-is-doing-more-work/https://finopine.com/au/2026-08-26-indexed-is-doing-more-work/A new tax applies to very large superannuation balances. The threshold is meant to rise with prices, but it only moves in $150,000 jumps — so most of the time it does not move at all.Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT[Australia] Crypto firms lost their safety net ten months before the new rules starthttps://finopine.com/au/2026-08-24-ten-months-in-the-old-regime/https://finopine.com/au/2026-08-24-ten-months-in-the-old-regime/The relief letting Australian crypto platforms trade while the law was settled ran out in June. The law replacing it does not begin until April 2027. In between, they are back under the rules everyone agreed were broken.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT[Australia] The Treasurer can now switch on payment rules that only the Reserve Bank used to controlhttps://finopine.com/au/2026-08-22-designation-is-political/https://finopine.com/au/2026-08-22-designation-is-political/New laws widened who regulates digital wallets and buy-now-pay-later, which was well covered. They also handed a politician a power that belonged to the central bank, which was not.Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT