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Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... reasoned that the government's gloomy long-term deficit forecast is because the temporary revenue boosts from higher employment and higher commodity prices will fade and fall, whereas the permanent spending pressures on the Budget are forecast to ...

Federal Budget is challenging: Economist

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... upward revision to the expected cost of the NDIS. A further $19.4 million has been provided to extend the Disability Employment Services program for two years. Funding for the National Disability Insurance Agency has also increased by $385 million in ...

Plans afoot to narrow gender pay gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... expert panels within the Fair Work Commission on pay equity and the care and community sector. Pay secrecy clauses in employment contracts will also be prohibited, and the Fair Work Act 2009 will limit the used of fixed-term contracts, most of which ...

Mirae Asset grows Australian alternatives team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... of venture capital and venture debt investments over the past six years. McGrath was one of the first investors in Employment Hero, which won the AIC's 2022 VC Deal of the Year. Other notable investments include Zoomo, Eucalyptus, InDebted, Shippit and ...

AMP cops $14.5m penalty over fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... and September 2018, AMP deducted more than $350,000 in fees even though it was aware these members had ceased their employment. While the institution remediated almost $700,000, the court found AMP didn't investigate whether it was a systemic issue ...

Aware Super launches $7 billion property arm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... highly-desirable buildings, we not only increase the values attached to these sites but attract reliable tenants who have employment stability and feel connected to the product," concluded McNally.

Data demonstrates success of compulsory super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... the complexity of intersections between the retirement income system and people's housing, health, aged care and employment circumstances. "Further, super funds need to have a strategy for managing the financial risks facing retirees and help them ...

Link Group acquires HS Pensions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... operating environment remains challenging with cost pressures from higher inflation, higher interest rates, challenging employment conditions and increased market volatility." Providing an update on Link Group's signed revised Scheme Implementation Deed ...

A strong super system cushions the economy: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... capital to help businesses weather financial market shocks," the report said. "It helps support economic activity and employment while creating value for super-fund members." The ISA maintained that counter-cyclical investment helps avoid prolonged economic ...

Calls for greater efforts to close gender pay, super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... balance disparity. The ABS said the difference in full-time earnings between males and females was 14.1%. Further, the employment to population ratio was 68.4% for males and 60.1% for females. The average weekly ordinary time cash earnings for full-time ...