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Yellen forebodes stagflation risks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
In Bonn, Germany, US secretary of the treasury Janet Yellen has called the global economic outlook challenging and uncertain; stagflation effects have depressed output and spending, she added. Yellen said the US understood when Russia invaded Ukraine ...

The transforming role of the trustee

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... very determined about the standards and training we hold ourselves accountable to." The days are gone of the favourite secretary or chief executive on the board turning up when they feel like, she said. Aware Super chair Neil Cochrane concurred that ...

Vale Tom McDonald

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... apprenticeship on the Sydney docks in 1944 and climbed to the top of the union movement. In 1984 when McDonald was the federal secretary of the BWIU he campaigned for the first national superannuation scheme. The campaigns of the building unions and ...

Parliamentary committee hears KPMG assumed 'conflicting engagements knowingly'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... disparate interests on the same policy issue, all within similar time frames." Providing evidence to the committee, former secretary Transport for NSW Rodd Staples explained that the brief for the KPMG engagement was to "identify the risks and come up ...

Westpac now an open book on pay

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... can take these decisions if they so choose. If Westpac can do it, so can Commonwealth Bank of Australia," FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said. "As our recent report demonstrates, workers pay an enormous price for pay secrecy and it is long past ...

Cbus names deputy chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
... manager, workplace and corporate relations at the National Farmer's Federation, during which time she also served as secretary of the Australian Farmers Fighting Fund. In addition to Cbus, Wawn currently chairs the board of Canberra Grammar School ...

Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... astute leader and visionary of the super sector, Helen Hewett led Cbus from 1997 to 2004 and was the fund's deputy secretary for two years before that. "Helen's determination to see members retire in comfort and dignity inspired all of those ...

Mine unions pressure funds over Rio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... experiencing bullying and one third of the women employed by that division experienced sexual harassment. AWU national secretary Dan Walton said in a joint letter to the 13 super funds that as shareholders super funds have a key role in guiding Rio Tinto's ...

GPT Group restructures

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
... Harris has led the growth GPT's funds management platform since inception. James Coyne, GPT's general counsel and company secretary will also be departing at the end of April and will be replaced by Marissa Bendyk, who is currently the general counsel ...

Cbus adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... this month, replacing Dave Noonan. O'Mara has been the Construction, Forestry Mining and Energy Union's ACT secretary since 2018 and was the assistant secretary for eight years. He is also the current chair of the ACT Work Health and Safety Council. ...