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SuperFriend appoints chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... manager, human resources, corporate affairs and management services. Prior to joining ANZ, Proust was secretary of the Department of Premier and Cabinet in Victoria and chief executive of the City of Melbourne. More recently, she was chair of the Australian ...

Granny flat tax exemption to become law

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... prevention of elder abuse. The Board of Taxation commenced the review in 2019 and consulted with stakeholders including Department of Social Services, Department of Human Services and the Attorney-General's Department. Formal and legally enforceable ...

Bernie Madoff dies in prison

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... specialist skills to identify fraud, advocating for whistleblowers and seeking more resources to fight fraud. The US Department of Justice's Madoff Victim Fund has distributed more than $2.7 billion to the 38,000 victims worldwide. Work is still ...

ISA chief economist departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... at Georgetown University in Washington DC. He has worked at the Treasury as a fiscal strategy specialist, and the department of finance. In 2007, he founded his own company Macroeconomics, to which he returns as the chief economist. The firm has government ...

Industry fund appoints property mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... Cbus Property previously flagged the development last year and said one of its tenants will be the South Australian department of planning, transport, and infrastructure.

Admin fees could balloon from BFID

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
The new best financial interests duty (BFID) could see members pay higher administration fees as the record-keeping obligations ramp up, superannuation funds and industry experts warn. The reforms, which are part of the Your Future Your Super legislation ...

Waste key to economic recovery: CSIRO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... technology, and protects our environment." Project leader Heinz Schandl said the roadmap was commissioned by the Federal Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources and developed in collaboration with 83 industry, research and government partners ...

Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... Heather Smith has 20 years' experience in the Australian public service sector and was previously secretary of the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Prior to this she served as deputy secretary in the departments of the Prime Minister and ...

ERS had little effect on funds: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... University of Melbourne. The research, conducted by James Brugler, Minsoo Kim and Zhuo Zhong from the university's department of finance, found that not only was there was no evidence to support the expectation that fund flows could significantly ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... strangulating Australian exports to Beijing. This is because China is Australia's biggest export market. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade data shows that Beijing accounts for 35.3% of total exports in 2019/20, much more than our next ...