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Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
New legislation to close the gender pay gap has been introduced, requiring employers to publish pay gap data for increased transparency. The Workplace Gender Equality Amendment (Closing the Gender Pay Gap) Bill 2023 requires employers with 100 or more ...

Aware Super, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America back Xpansiv

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
Commodities platform Xpansiv has secured new strategic investors in Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, while Aware Super has deepened its investment. Xpansiv also announced the closing of a $125 million capital raise designed to fuel continued growth ...

Cbus pledges $500m to support Housing Accord

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
Cbus is committing $500 million to support the construction of new social and affordable homes through the Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) as part of the national Housing Accord. Cbus chair Wayne Swan said the fund's commitment to the Housing Accord ...

Hopes for action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... Non-State Entities that blasted greenwashing and outlined key principles for a credible net zero commitment. "A net zero pledge must contain stepping stone targets for every five years, and set out concrete ways to reach net zero in line with the Intergovernmental ...

Household Capital partners with Genworth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... a range of solutions along all stages of their property journey and that the partnership would help it deliver on this pledge. Funder added that having Genworth joining as an investor, strategic partner and leader within the sector, alongside Legal and ...

CEFC invests in Macquarie cattle station fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... Macquarie Pastoral Fund, will see Paraway reduce its methane intensity by at least 30% by 2030, in line with the Global Methane Pledge. To do so, Paraway will trial and showcase new technologies and practices to cut emissions, including altered herd ...

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... election in May it was revealed the Labor Party had dropped its plans to pay super on paid parental leave, having taken that pledge to the 2019 election. Labor has since said it would like to pursue the policy, but any outcome is contingent on the federal ...

Crypto companies halt withdrawals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2022
International cryptocurrency platforms Celsius and Binance temporarily suspended customer withdrawals. Yesterday, the world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, suspended withdrawals on the Bitcoin network. In a statement, Binance said: "This is ...

UBS Australia could be banned from Papua New Guinea

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
Investment banking giant UBS could be banned from Papua New Guinea and forced to repay tens of millions as a Royal Commission uncovers questionable conduct. A Royal Commission will shortly deliver its verdict in PNG after examining a 2014 decision by ...

Australia imposes further sanctions on Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... addressed Australian parliament. Welcoming Zelensky to parliament, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: "Mr President, our pledge is that when freedom prevails, Australia will help the people of Ukraine rebuild as well. Here today in the home of Australia's ...