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AUSTRAC to face scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), which has handed out record fines to the big banks, will face new scrutiny from the Senate. Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill'smotion to set up an inquiry into the agency through the Senate Legal and Constitutional Reference Committee ...

Your Future, Your Super passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... proposed amendment, which would have extended performance tests to more choice products in the retail super sector. Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill passionately opposed the reforms this morning. "How could it be that someone who calls themselves a ...

More super tax concessions on table

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... Hume supported Hanson in the Senate, giving her a chance to move her suggested amendment forward. But Queensland Labor Senator Murray Watts argued that Hanson's suggested amendment would only benefit those already earning high incomes and able to contribute ...

Labor won't support YFYS Bill in current form

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
Labor senators' dissenting report on Your Future, Your Super reforms published yesterday says the opposition can't recommend the Bill passes in its current form for reasons including its rushed start date. Senate Economics Legislation released ...

ASIC's Chester spills Crennan truth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
... ANAO's present position. It's not relating to the prior year's concerns related to the rental payment," she said. Labor Senator Jenny McAllister asked Chester if Crennan understood the concerns about the rental payments from significantly earlier. Chester ...

Sexual harassment rife in financial services: O'Neill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill has said the sexual harassment of women is rife within the financial services industry, not just at AMP. Speaking to the Financial Services Council at a virtual event, the Senator said she was disturbed after hearing ...

AMP does not treat advisers fairly: Poll

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... to licensees, short notice periods provided to licensees exiting the business and restraint of trade provisions." Labor senator Deborah O'Neill has called for an inquiry into the treatment of AMP advisers. She said AMP terminated businesses of 250 advisers ...

Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... industry super fund-owned news website The New Daily a "communist propaganda tool used to peddle Marxist ideology". Labor senator Tim Ayres said listening to Rennick's tirade was like an out of body experience. "When you listen to a sort of stream of ...

Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... BOLR-related cases for mediation on the back of more than 100 complaints, and calls for a review of AMP's behaviour by Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill. It also follows recent comments by AMP chief executive Francesco De Ferrari that the prevalence ...

Litigation funding fight heats up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... victims in class actions only receive about 39% of the total awards in class actions. This claim was disputed by Labor Senator Deborah O'Neil. Mathias claimed the figure came from Herbert Smith Freehills, but Herbert Smith Freehills did not include ...
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