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Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... high of 61.8%, the latest employment statistics show. Citing new Australian Bureau of Statistics unemployment figures, Senator Jane Hume said Australia has achieved the highest female participation rate in the workforce ever at 61.8%, up from February ...

ATO quizzed on readiness for stapling

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
... service. So, we don't have an anticipated volume because there are variables in [how] the service might be used." The senator asked Evans could the ATO still provide the service from July 1, if it did not have an idea of the volume of checks employers ...

Chester eyes ASIC chair role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... this morning heard that Chester "tossed her hat in the ring", expressing interest in chairing ASIC after she was asked by Senator Deborah O'Neill, who was part of a panel tasked with inquiring into the activities of regulators. O'Neill also referred ...

Banks still failing customers after Royal Commission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
A review of Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) complaints data shows over 31,000 complaints have been made in the wake of the Royal Commission, according to CHOICE. Complaints around credit products revealed many customers have still been ...

Quasi-mergers in APRA's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
The prudential regulator has acknowledged concerns over "quasi-mergers" raised by Senator Andrew Bragg. In a letter provided to Financial Standard, Bragg contacted APRA in February to express concerns over the "quasi-merger" between Maritime Super and ...

Senator calls for super funds to stop shorting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
A senator has argued that super funds should not be able to take short positions or participate in securities lending to short sellers. Queensland Liberal National Party Senator Gerard Rennick delivered an impassioned speech during the Senate debate ...

Hume slams superannuation circus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Senator Jane Hume has slammed the spectacle within the superannuation sector and the conflicting views from executives and industry bodies, which she says is the most "frustrating" part of her job. The Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services ...

Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... all the way up to the top job prompted some to ask whether there was something wrong with the culture of the company. Senator Deborah O'Neill used parliamentary privilege to share the story of another female AMP employee who claimed to have experienced ...

Hume promoted to cabinet

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... in recognition of the growing importance of digital technology and the digital economy to Australia's economic future senator the honourable Jane Hume will be promoted to the ministry," Morrison said. "The digital transformation package was a key component ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... many experienced significant losses between February 20 and March 12. 6. ATO to verify early release requests (March 31) Senator Jane Hume confirmed ahead of the early release of superannuation scheme opening that the ATO would be responsible for verifying ...