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Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, Cbus

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Michael Newbold has quit his role as head of aviation commercial at Sydney Airport and returned to the investment community focusing once again on transport and infrastructure. After seven years at Australia's biggest and most profitable airport ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... incentives in superannuation." Other recommendations include immediate attention to payday super, providing super for all workers under 18, strengthening enforcement of superannuation guarantee compliance. The peak body also advised the government to ...

New government must prioritise payday super: SMC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... will dramatically reduce the level of unpaid super, improve compliance with the law and make the super system fairer for workers and businesses alike. "Over the coming year, concerted effort will be needed from the ATO, employers, payroll personnel ...

GESB expands leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... superannuation guarantee payments from non-WA public sector employers, benefitting the 250,000 current and former public sector workers who have superannuation accounts with GESB; as well as ensuring the continued delivery of competitive member outcomes ...

Michael Dwyer joins impact fund board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... record. Dwyer has served as an advisor to HOPE since the start of the fund that co-invests in home loans of essential workers like teachers, nurses and police. The shared equity scheme co-invests up to 50 per cent of a mortgage so they can live close ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... understand the risks modern slavery can have on a portfolio, and how eradicating it can positively impact the lives of the workers and all value to businesses. "We need to strike a balance of proportionality and good risk management. I understand the ...

Insurance in super remains a mystery to millions of Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... review, it said, should also assess the gaps and overlaps between insurance in super and other safety nets, including workers compensation, Centrelink payments, the NDIS, and insurance outside of super. SCA's research was based on a nationally representative ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... the affordable housing crisis. The study calculates the number of dwellings completed per hour by housing construction workers has declined by 53% since 1995, while labour productivity in the broader economy increased by 49% over the same period. Chalmers ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... more in people to boost "dynamism and competition", including abolishing non-compete clauses for low- and middle-income workers. "We've created a $900 million fund to reward state governments for implementing reforms that promote competition," Chalmers ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... said the government should use $500 million a year from the super tax windfall to strengthen retirement for low-income workers. "The Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO) has been frozen since it was introduced 13 years ago, effectively cutting the super ...