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Professor proposes cheap longevity insurance design

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2014
... we never thought of it.'" However, Milevsky's model is based on a free market environment in which there is either no welfare state or an inadequate one. Currently the Age Pension functions as longevity insurance.

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey has issued veiled warnings that welfare spending and age pension structures will need to be changed say by raising the pension age to make them affordable. In a major speech he presented this week to the 'The Global Age of Responsibility ...

NGS Super rebrands, launches new logo

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... encompasses workers in non-government schools, but also other organisations involved in education, care-giving and social welfare. "The rebrand is an exciting time for our members as we continue to diversify, stay fresh and evolve our product offering ...

HESTA non-committal on Transfield divestment

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald on Wednesday, the ASU's NSW/ACT president Sally McManus said ASU's contingent of welfare workers were "not impressed that Transfield, which has no background or expertise in providing welfare services, is being contracted ...

Singapore lifts CPF rates

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2014
... subsidies. Acknowledging the reform package as a major reversal of Singapore's traditional resistance to Western-style welfare state policies, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said in his budget speech: "We are strengthening ...

Ageing population threatens welfare system: Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
Treasurer Joe Hockey questioned whether the health and welfare systems could cope with the country's ageing population and asked for a debate about the cost of the age pension. Hockey spoke during the G-20 Finance ministers meeting that took place in ...

Super subsidies cost $32bn: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
As the government prepares for a review of unsustainable welfare payments, Treasury has released its 2013-14 Tax Expenditures Statement (TES) that confirms the cost of superannuation tax subsidies is $32 billion. The TES is produced each year and is ...

Trio victims condemn Astarra director jail release

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2014
... Corporations Act, which carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment. Matters explained that perpetrators of welfare fraud brought before the District Court of the ACT by the Commonwealth under the Criminal Code saw longer jail sentences. "The ...

Airline crash investigation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2013

HOSTPLUS switches insurers to MetLife

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... appointment of MetLife as our Group Life Insurance partner. "We look forward to working together in protecting the wealth and welfare of our members who will be the ultimate beneficiaries of this partnership." Marc Lieberman, Chief Executive Officer ...