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Productivity problem a long-term trend: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Australia's productivity continued to stagnate in the December quarter, suggesting that the productivity problem may be part of a long-term trend. The Productivity Commission's (PC) latest quarterly productivity bulletin found labour productivity ...

Australia can lead energy transition, climate investing: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... and gas sector". "We host the world's largest coal port in Newcastle - 95% of its exports are coal. We have a huge problem with fugitive emissions in this state, and we need a lot of technology work done there," she said. To tackle this, Kimmorley ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... also be reduced by $150 this year - costing the government around $1.8 billion. To fight Australia's productivity problem, Chalmers said the government would be investing more in people to boost "dynamism and competition", including abolishing non-compete ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... learning program which scans the market and does what a team of 100 analysts would do, which is look at this very complex problem and all the various correlations," he said. The system flags anomalies to Wu's team to investigate. If they can build a ...

Skills gap crisis costing Australia $3.5bn a year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... that more attention is needed to be placed on post-school options during high school years. "What starts off as a small problem of a young person finishing school and being unsure of what is best for them becomes a big problem down the track, ultimately ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
The boards of superannuation trustees, insurers, and banks are on notice, with APRA proposing changes to "strengthen and streamline" governance requirements. The regulator has released eight proposals in what marks the first "significant update" of ...

Large financial firms falling behind on AI adoption

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... have a significant task ahead to ensure a smooth adoption of the technology. "This is not unique to Australia, it is a problem shared by Europe and by the US, especially by Europe, who's got even more stringent data privacy and therefore risk aversion ...

Global tech companies eyeing super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... be multiple players or vendors or technologies that need to come in to have a solution that's available or solve a problem. You need to have a concept of this ecosystem." Speakers include representatives from AustralianSuper, JANA, Deloitte, S&P ...

The productivity problem: Good ideas never put to use

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
The Productivity Commission's (PC) latest Annual productivity bulletin has revealed multifactor productivity growth has been almost non-existent in recent times. The bulletin said a creeping inefficiency and failure to push the boundaries of innovation ...

UniSuper targets 'missing middle' with new digital advice offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... lot of time and investment" determining its business requirements first. Rather than looking to a vendor to solve the problem at hand, the fund focused on understanding the needs of its members and its unique capabilities, for example, its advice education ...