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Same super rules for same sex couples

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2008
... discrimination against same-sex de facto couples when it came to superannuation death benefits. Under existing Commonwealth superannuation and pension laws, it's not specified whether the same-sex spouse and dependent children of a deceased fund member ...

Defence Housing open for instos

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2008
... property trusts or direct property projects stems from the fact that it has the backing - and security - of being a Commonwealth Government Business Enterprise. "Investors can have peace of mind knowing they are dealing with a reliable, accountable company," ...

Don Russell joins State Super

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2008
... adviser to then Prime Minister and treasurer Paul Keating for two years. Prior to this, he held positions at the Commonwealth Treasury and consulted for the World Bank, Bankers Trust and Westpac Bank. "The government is on track to achieving its target ...

Super promoter faces trial

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2008
... the expense of self-managed superannuation funds that invested with the firm. The matter is being prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions.

ARIA looking for new CEO

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2007
The Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA), trustee of the commonwealth public sector super schemes PSS, CSS and PSSap, is looking for a new chief executive following the resignation of current boss Steve Gibbs. Gibbs, who has been chief executive ...

Corp super gets health tick

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2007
... funds were those of the largest corporations in Australia, with Telstra dominant with $11.3 billion, followed by the Commonwealth Bank's Officers Super Fund at $7.3 billion. QANTAS came in third at $6.6 billion. Andrew Boal, Watson Wyatt's Australian ...

Not on our watch: ASIC

... most listed companies can only dream of. In the year to June 2006, ASIC generated $543 million in revenue for the Commonwealth on operating expenses of $218 million. Michelle Baltazar

SnowyHydro snow job?

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2006
... it also has a $55 million unfunded superannuation liability due to its legacy with the defined benefit PSS and CSS Commonwealth super funds. NSW Finance Minister, John Della Bosca, speaking on ABC television, has unsurprisingly rejected criticism of ...

ACT govt goes to super tender

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2006
... estimated 14,000 employees under the super choice legislation. Currently ACT government employees are members of the Commonwealth Government sponsored PSS Super Scheme (PSS). With the ACT government, at this point anyway, paying an average super contribution ...

PSS and CSS boards to merge

... Fund consolidation pressures apply in the public sector too, and so the trustee boards that drive Australia's two commonwealth public sector super funds, PSS and CSS, are to merge. The proposed new structure will be called the Australian Reward Investment ...