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EM winners, losers emerge in COVID-19 struggle

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... reassert themselves." He pointed to tensions between the US and China as a key area of concern. "President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo talked about the virus's origination in Wuhan and whether China covered it up," Cirami said. "A geopolitical ...

AIST celebrates Trustee of the Year

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... Super and HESTA, which he continued to serve until he died. He also served the Australian Services Union as national secretary. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said Smith was a "champion of the member" and paid tribute to his attitude and desire ...

FSU calls for NAB staff to audit pay

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... staff remuneration, after it discovered last year that 1500 employees had been underpaid $1.3 million. FSU Queensland secretary Wendy Streets said the union had pressured NAB to investigate the remuneration of contracted Group 3 and 4 workers earlier ...

Hong Kong financial hub status at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has issued a stern warning to Beijing, threatening the status of Hong Kong as one of the world's biggest financial hubs. In response to the Hong Kong protests, Pompeo said Hong Kong is no long autonomous from mainland ...

Retirement funder adds two new executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... framework within which the business operates. Bishop, who is a qualified lawyer, has held a number of senior legal, company secretary and line management roles. He was the first to hold the new role of head of Commonwealth Bank retail bank compliance ...

Banks accused of violating worker ethics

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... efforts to extract maximum profits with every inch of their working lives 'measured' by the employer," FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said. "They are expected to sell loans to their friends, spruik their employers at children's football games ...

FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... cannot afford further uncertainty, and that this uncertainty will cost jobs if not remedied," FSU national assistant secretary Nathan Rees said. "Australians are looking for political parties to work together to solve issues, not engage in finger pointing. ...

Chief economist update: Powell blamed for fall on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... Powell said in his speech at the Peterson Institute for International Economics are already what former United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld would call "known knowns" and "known unknowns". "The scope and speed of this downturn are without ...

ANZ accused of exploiting staff

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... staff to take their accrued leave. "ANZ is exploiting this crisis to pad out its results with unused staff leave," FSU secretary Julia Angrisano said. "ANZ and chief executive Shayne Elliot should be signing up to Team Australia rather than worrying ...

Vale Ted Evans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
Tributes are flowing for former Westpac chair and Treasury secretary Ted Evans, who passed away over the weekend. Evans, who had been battling cancer, joined the Australian Treasury in 1968 and devoted 43 years of his working life to public service ...