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Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... Industry, Innovation and Science. Prior to this she served as deputy secretary in the departments of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Foreign Affairs and Trade. Smith was previously a deputy director-general in the Office of National Assessments and ...

Key finance figures in Biden Cabinet

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
With only a matter of days until US President-elect Joe Biden takes office, there are a number of notable finance industry veterans nominated to help his administration lead the nation. The first, and most notable in the economics world is Janet Yellen ...

Chief economist update: COVID with a vengeance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... national lockdown starting on January 4 that is expected to stay in place until the middle of February this year. But as Cabinet minister Michael Gove warned: "We can't predict with certainty that we will be able to lift restrictions in the week ...

First Super adds to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... Marty. Dean Brakell will join First Super's board, commencing 1 January 2021. Brakell is chief executive of the Australian Cabinet & Furniture Association (ACFA) and a director of Innovation & Business Skills Australia's furnishing industry reference ...

Hume promoted to cabinet

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
The assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology has been promoted to ministry in an expanded role that will see her take on responsibility for the digital economy. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Jane Hume ...

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... implement concrete measures to control the infection. This comes only a few days after the prime minister directed his Cabinet to prepare another stimulus package to cushion the negative impact on the economy of the virus' resurgence. Japan's ...

Remembering Susan Ryan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... for, Ryan enjoyed a successful career in politics as a key member of the Hawke government and the first woman to hold a Cabinet post in a Labor government. Over the years, Ryan also served as Minister for Education and Youth Affairs, Minister Assisting ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... task of reviving the economy easier. According to Factset, "Nikkei/TV Tokyo opinion poll showed support for PM Suga's cabinet at 74%, the third-highest for any cabinet on debut. This makes Suga the most popular new leader since Yukio Hatoyama in ...

FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... help drive Australia's long-term economic recovery. "As Australia's federal and state governments meet as the National Cabinet to develop a new economic agenda to get Australia back to work, other recovery plans are being developed by one of the country's ...

SMSFA, FSC call for infrastructure investment access

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... superannuation pool, have joined forces to present this policy to the National COVID-19 Commission Advisory Board and National Cabinet. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "It has always been a bone of contention with the Association ...