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Funeral insurer fined $4.75m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... Plans has been ordered by the Federal Court to pay an additional $3.5 million penalty for misrepresenting that it was Aboriginal owned or managed when it was not. ACBF, a wholly owned subsidiary of Youpla Group (then ACBF Group), offered its funeral ...

JANA wins Aboriginal Investment NT mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
JANA has won a mandate from Aboriginal Investment NT to bolster its $655 million commercial investment portfolio (CIP). Not-for-profit Aboriginal Investment NT's purpose is to promote the self-management, economic self-sufficiency, and social and ...

AustralianSuper warns outdated tax laws will hurt returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... women. It added that the measure would also boost super balances for young workers and improve retirement outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who are more likely to be employed in lower-paid jobs.

Government urged to overhaul gift tax system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... welfare charities, and charities that work across DGR categories in support of groups like women, young people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are facing barriers to inclusion in the current system. "Our report proposes an overhaul of ...

ASFA partners with First Nations Foundation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
... so quickly to the recommendations laid out in the First Nations Super Summit," FNF chief executive Phil Usher said. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have asked for more cultural understanding across the sector and this is a major step in the right ...

COVID helped to reduce inequality: Productivity Commission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... wealth inequality," de Fontenay said. The report examined three cohorts in closer detail: older people, women, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The report found that while older Australians have relatively low incomes compared to working ...

SMC finds $38k nest egg boost for working mums

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... improved access of beneficiaries to super by amending the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 to incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander kinship structures.

JBWere appoints philanthropic services head

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... Wiradjuri woman from her mother's side, was born and raised in Gadigal country. She was previously director, transforming Aboriginal outcomes (TAO) in the NSW Government Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ), where she was responsible for designing ...

Life insurance complaints drop 24%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2023
... Complaints Authority (AFCA), the total number of complaints has fallen 24% year on year to 1468, largely due to the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund or Youpla Group for misrepresenting the sale of funeral plans. Isolating these cases, the reduction ...

The Voice is not at the expense of the economy: Chalmers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... enshrined in the constitution, in response to a call from the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which seeks to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Prominent Yes and No campaigners have taken centre stage since Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...