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Aware Super chair named governor-general

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
Samantha Mostyn has been confirmed as Australia's new governor-general after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's recommendation was approved by King Charles III. Mostyn said she was honoured by the appointment and was ready to serve with "integrity ...

ART adds heavyweights to board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... insurance before stepping down last year. For his part, Parkinson previously served as secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, secretary to the Australian Treasury and inaugural secretary of the Department of Climate Change. ART chair ...

Government dawdling on paid parental leave super: Greens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... government, and now they want women to wait until after the next federal election to get super paid on it." Previously, minister for finance, women, and the public service Katy Gallagher explained that the delay was due to the need to pass legislation ...

Government promises transparent financial services regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... their businesses and allow them to engage with the government and regulators more effectively. Treasurer Jim Chalmers and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said the initiative will help regulators avoid duplication, build shared strategic ...

Coalition's super for housing scheme slammed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) has slammed a proposal by Shadow Minister for Housing Michael Sukkar to allow Australians to access their superannuation to buy their first home. The Shadow Minister said the Coalition was determined to help younger Australians ...

Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... by women, whose careers and superannuation balances often take a hit when they have children," WA industrial relations minister Simone McGurk said. "The retirement pay gap for women has been too wide for too long. This is a practical way to narrow the ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... raise children it impacts their retirement incomes with women retiring, on average, with about 25% less super than men," minister for women and finance Katy Gallagher said. "Paying super on government parental leave is an important investment to help ...

Coalition appoints shadow assistant treasurer, financial services minister

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
The Liberal Party appointed a new shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services in Luke Howarth, while Andrew Bragg takes on the portfolio of home ownership. Opposition leader Peter Dutton unveiled a shakeup of his frontbench ...

AustralianSuper to deploy £8 billion in the UK

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... focused on effective stewardship to generate sustainable returns for more than 3.3 million members," he said. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said AustralianSuper's investment in the UK is a vote of confidence in the British economy. "We've already ...

Jo-Anne Bloch to chair CSLR

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... services misconduct access to redress and compensation. Bloch, who was independently appointed by assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones, will serve in the role for an initial term of three years. She will be joining recently ...