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APRA 'digging into' super fund contributions to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... workers." In this same release Bragg cited AEC data he manually compiled that asserted super funds had paid $40 million to Labor Party affiliated unions in the past four years. Bragg then went on to say: "Super funds are becoming the biggest political ...

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... more than three or four days a week. It will boost productivity and workforce participation across the economy." The Labor party plans to reduce the cost of child care by lifting the maximum subsidy rate to 90%, and increasing and smoothing the taper ...

Hume pledges less red tape for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... Code of Ethics, that's something [that I and] treasury can actually take on board," she said. Jones added the Labor Party acknowledges that the advice business model - including risk advice - is broken. If Labor comes into power, he flagged that ...

CSLR will not fully protect investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... until the passage of the CSLR bill. The federal government owes it to these victims to pass this bill," he said. The Labor party said it supports the bill but is concerned by the narrow focus of excluding managed investment schemes. Conversely, the Stockbrokers ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... aligned to the current treatment of other entities like NBN Co and Export Finance Australia. Within the report, the Labor Party raised several issues, namely that it logically follows that super funds could also see negative investment outcomes if they ...

Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... uplifts, and that its funds management business is sticky given lockups and switching costs. In the 2019 election, the Labor Party proposed removing the cash rebate for franking credits. Despite this, Morningstar now considers there to be little legislative ...

Aware Super adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... membership administration and corporate service functions. Nigro is on the state executive board for the Australian Labor Party NSW and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. "Angela is joining us at an exciting time for Aware ...

AFA defends industry against Labor attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has slammed the Labor Party's attack on financial advisers, which paints the profession as dodgy and continues to rip-off consumers. AFA acting chief executive Phil Anderson is calling for an end to the "persecution" ...

Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... years ago. We want to equip every Australian with the skills for a good secure job." If elected, Albanese said the Labor party will create a National Rail Manufacturing Plan to bring jobs back from offshore. He added that the Labor plan will focus on ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... subsidies. One trillion dollars of debt, a track record of no delivery and no plan for the future." Chalmers said the Labor party was hoping for "more bang for buck" with a trillion dollar debt and accused the government of being inconsistent. Chalmers ...