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Boards unprepared for new workplace laws: Research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... organisation is well prepared to meet its positive duty obligations as an employer. Anna Cody, sex discrimination commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission said there is a long way to go when it comes to fostering safer, respectful, and ...

ASIC curbs high-risk offers from online trading providers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... investors where we were concerned the offers may be unfair, inappropriate or result in poor investor outcomes. ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said: "Our more proactive approach to identifying and disrupting emerging risks and harms is in response ...

ATO recoups $684m in unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... $445 million in liabilities, demonstrable of an increased awareness of their superannuation obligations. ATO deputy commissioner Emma Rosenzweig said that while most employers are doing the right thing, the tax office remains firmly committed to addressing ...

Large Australian corporations pay record tax: ATO

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
... payments from 2713 entities climbed 22% from the previous year, and almost 50% higher than two years ago. ATO deputy commissioner Rebecca Saint explained that tax paid in 2021-22 was the highest since CTT reporting started, showing how Australia's large ...

Government passes FAR legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... impose a civil penalty on accountable entities," Jones said. BEAR, the FAR's first iteration, was recommended by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne in a bid to regulate senior leaders of super funds, banks, insurers, and other APRA-regulated entities at ...

Treasury names new ASIC commissioners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
The federal treasurer has named three new commissioners who will spearhead ASIC for the next five years, as incumbents Danielle Press, Sean Hughes and Karen Chester wrap up their terms. CHOICE chief executive Alan Kirkland, Commonwealth Bank chief risk ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... test to ensure systems are as secure as possible, with a requirement to report serious data breaches to the Privacy Commissioner as well as affected individuals. "Of course, there can always be human error. Therefore, on an organisational level, APRA ...

Treasury to 'modernise' individual tax residency rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... Australia for more than 183 days during a financial year either continuously or intermittently. This is unless the tax commissioner is satisfied that their usual abode is outside of Australia and the individual does not intend to take up residence in ...

ASIC continues to reprimand SMSF auditors

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... 413 SMSF auditors have had their licences cancelled as part of ASIC's recent compliance program. According to ASIC commissioner Danielle Press, in the last year ASIC has acted against 26 SMSF auditors who failed to meet the independence and auditing ...

Trustees lack urgency, strategy on RIC: Regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... step up and deliver both well-considered strategies and action to support members in retirement," Cole said. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press reminded super funds that helping members achieve good retirement outcomes is the core business for a trustee ...