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FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... through the wringer, with the bill having been stymied multiple times by unrelated amendments from Labor and crossbench Senators being attached to it that were not supported by the government," Fox said. "At a time when retail brokers and investment ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... 1.5% versus the greenback. Not if the US can help it. According to Factset: "Tensions over Hong Kong escalated after US senators moved to introduce bill that sanctions Chinese party officials over the new security laws and penalise banks that do business ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... millions in stocks following private briefings on the likely impact of COVID-19 in late January. She is one of several senators who reportedly did the same. According to reports from The Daily Beast, Senator Kelly Loeffler sold more than $5 million in ...

Senate secures members' interest changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... billion building and construction industry fund Cbus said it appreciated the understanding of the government and crossbench senators to the concerns of those working in dangerous industries, with Cbus group executive Robbie Campo adding members rely ...

All options open for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... Cormann said. The Prime Minister was also resolute, and said the "particularly personal" views aired by new members and Senators during their maiden speech in Parliament should not be overinterpreted. "I have been very clear. The government's policy ...

Former Link general manager joins Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... advisory firm APG Consulting for two years and was chief of staff to the Federal Assistant Treasurer, and worked alongside senators Arthur Sinodinos and Amanda Vanstone. Between 20016 and 2013, he held senior roles at the Insurance Council of Australia ...

Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... "stable" to "positive" is like another dole-up of manna from heaven for Duterte's administration and those wannabe senators and congressmen seeking seats under his banner. According to S&P: "We raised the rating to reflect the Philippines' strong ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... research in development investment. "To callously decide to vote against the Drought Future Fund after Labor's own Senators clearly supported the Bill during the Senate committee inquiry into it, is a new political low," Cormann said in a media r ...

We have won the battle, not the war: AustralianSuper CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... Michael Hodge, Silk said if the Fox in the Henhouse campaign were judged on its ability to stem the flow of crossbench senators supporting legislative reform to the default system, than it must be considered a success. "If that's the objective, it's ...

Government superannuation reforms shelved

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... has been forced to pull its controversial superannuation bills for the year after losing the support of key crossbench senators. The bills were reintroduced in September and, among several policies, attempt to strengthen APRA's oversight over MySuper ...