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Super fund director taken to court for fees

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2011
... superannuation fund director and union boss is being taken to court for the board fees he earned, by another state secretary of his union. Dean Mighell, Victorian secretary of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU), lodged a statement of claim in the NSW ...

Russell heads back to Canberra

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2011
... Washington, returning to Canberra in 1996 to advise then Prime Minister Keating. On appointing Russell yesterday to Secretary of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said in statement, "I am sure ...

Super conference ends on a high

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... AllianceBernstein, HESTA and the AIST, plus the managing director of Franklin Templeton Investments Australia, and the assistant secretary of the ACTU. Hosted by Tony Jones of the ABC's Lateline program, discussion was lively with MySuper likened at ...

MTAA Super hires former Vic premier

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2011
... chairman will help provide the best outcomes for MTAA Super members," said Michael Delaney, chief executive and fund secretary of MTAA Super. Brumby was premier of Victoria from July 2007 to November 2010, with previous roles including Treasurer of Victoria ...

Of Jobs, Hu and Obama

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
... stand to gain from a sound China-US relationship, and lose from confrontation." President Obama, in turn, would echo Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's pronouncement that, "Our economies are entwined and so are our futures. A thriving America is good ...

Amigos para siempre

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2010
"...the United States has no better friend than Australia." This was US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressing young Australians at the University of Melbourne yesterday. Her statement was made in the context of America and Australia's unbending ...

Workers to wear SG rise: Shorten

JOHN MCDULING  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2010
... increase is however not expected to be well received by the union movement, despite the fact that Shorten is a former Secretary of the Australian Workers Union. The idea that the SG increase could come at the expense of take home pay may also surprise ...

Lower fees or lose advantage: ACTU

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2010
... lowering their fees or risk losing one of their key competitive advantages over retail funds. Tim Lyons, assistant secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions said one of the top challenges facing the not-for-profit sector is driving down fee ...

StatewideSuper appoints new board member

STATEWIDE SUPER ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... directors of StatewideSuper, South Australia's largest super fund for the private sector. Steel is currently assistant secretary of the Australian Services Union (ASU) SA/NT branch and has almost 20 years' public sector and union experience. He joined ...

Maritime Super backs internal admin for merged fund

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2010
... $100,000. We don't have the issues [relating to] low account balances," he said. Previously, Paddy Crumlin, national secretary of the Maritime Union of Australia, said the merged fund could provide lower fees and better services to members. "We've had ...