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Morrison's legacy will be retirement poverty: ACTU

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
The Australian Council of Trade Unions has slammed the government's early release of superannuation program, saying that Prime Minister Scott Morrison's legacy will be a wave of retirement poverty. Following the second round of early release withdrawals ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... to it that members of his own government put down their weapons and cease attacking the super system, as Morrison urges unions and business to work together for the benefit of the nation. Jones' speech comes as Liberal Senator and former Financial ...

Business leaders recognised

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... board member Cate Wood also got a mention for significant service to the superannuation sector, to women, and to trade unions. Additionally, chair of Kirwood Capital and director of ME Bank, Christine Christian was recognised for her services to the ...

ME Bank pays industry funds no dividends

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... then moved on to questioning McPhee about ME Bank's relationship with a program run by the Australian Council of Trade Unions. ACTU Member Connect chair Tony Beck, who ME Bank employs as a consultant, was brought up by Wilson as a possible connection. ...

ACTU pokes holes in JobKeeper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
The Australian Council of Trade Unions believes the government's JobKeeper program is still flawed, though is glad the calls of Australian workers have been heard. ACTU secretary Sally McManus has called for the government to revise its $130 billion ...

JBWere partners with cash platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... call solutions via the latter's online marketplace. Cashwerkz's platform has over 51 banks, neobanks and credit unions on its platform. It doesn't directly manage the client money. The two are currently in the process of a technology implementation ...

ISA demands pull Combet from ME Bank

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... background of public service during his time as a federal government minister and leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, has been of significant value to ME Bank and its customers. "Greg has made a valuable contribution to the growth and evolution ...

Cbus Super chief to exit

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... building and construction industry." Atkin grew up in Papua New Guinea and while at university, wrote a research paper on how unions use masculinity to create hierarchies, Financial Standard reported in a 2014 profile of him. He spent a decade working ...

APRA proposes new banking data policies

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... proposed new policy changes that would see a substantial increase in the data it makes publicly available on banks, credit unions and building societies. It comes as various scandals continue to tarnish Australia's banking industry post Hayne Royal Commission. ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... participation in this "civil war" was "unproductive" compared with focusing on outcomes for savers. He also lamented the influence unions have over the industry, zeroing in on the "half a dozen major lobby groups are constantly decamped at Parliament ...