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AIST lashes out at Coalition

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2013
... floated changes to super taxation concessions to very high income earners, they have no such concern for the lowest paid workers and their comfort in retirement," Reynolds said. The low income super contribution - which came into effect on 1 July last ...

New super fund launch by SA Govt

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2013
Super SA Select, a new SA government super fund which commenced on 1 January 2013 is targeting young workers, part-time and casual public sector employees. Designed to provide SA public sector employees with more choice for their super, Super SA members ...

China's coming soft landing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... 6%. In China 8% growth is like 0% elsewhere due to their mass urbanisation that is attracting tens of millions of new workers into the industrial cities each year looking for work. Illustrating the massive scale of this people movement, in just 20 years ...

It's just plain dumb

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2012
... numbers. The unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in November from 5.4% in the previous month and employers employed another 13,900 workers. Why? Why? Why? Because as one chief economist puts it, "Unemployment will probably rise from here". Yup, it's the never ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2012
... second-largest economy helped raise optimism about global growth. But a private survey showed that US businesses added fewer workers in November, in part because Superstorm Sandy shut down factories, retail stores, and other companies. LONDON - European ...

End voluntary contribution age limits: Suncorp

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2012
... Commonwealth Laws Discussion Paper, the group says it believes that a holistic policy approach is required to support mature workers to enter, re-enter and remain in the workforce for longer as they age. "The key to mature age workforce participation ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... Grocon. Other CBUS sponsors include the Communications, Electrical and Plumbers Union (CEPU), the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), the Australian Workers Union (AWU), the ACTU and the Master Builders Association (MBA). It's understood that ...

Aging and deleveraging impact long-term growth: UBS

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2012
... Germany and the rest of Europe but is also apparent in China. An aging population creates a funding crisis where fewer workers must maintain a larger number of retirees and can have a dramatic impact on GDP growth. "The worldwide aging trend, coupled ...

Worried about the US? Buy US Treasuries

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012

Market Wrap - PM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... compromise. "What happens there happens here these days," Mr Peacock said. Europe's main stock markets also dropped with workers across indebted eurozone nations striking in protest against their governments' deep austerity programs. London's FTSE 100 ...