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FEATURE | Nature risk | Paved paradise

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 OCT 2026
... harvesting, in which most of the plants are cut down in one fell swoop. Brendan Wintle, the lead councillor of the Biodiversity Council, describes these as the "lungs" and source of freshwater generation for the city of Melbourne. What we're now ...

Another C-suite member leaves Rest

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... contribution across member engagement and strategy and corporate affairs, where his thoughtful leadership and strategic council has been highly impactful." Sharing his departure on LinkedIn, O'Neill said he'd spent an incredible period at the super fund ...

CALI outlines Life Code changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... assistance for First Nations peoples, and stronger independent oversight through upcoming changes to the Life Code. The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) commissioned the independent review to test the Life Code's commitments to customers. "Australia's ...

ASIC sets FY27 priorities straight

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... will include funeral insurance and ongoing service issues. Court said the supervisory letters formed part of a broader Council of Financial Regulators initiative, jointly led by ASIC and APRA, to improve regulatory coordination and data sharing. "We ...

Woodbridge loans $100m for Brisbane residential development

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... demonstrates our ability to provide borrowers with certainty on larger and more complex construction projects." The Property Council has estimated that around 8000 attached dwellings need to be delivered annually in Brisbane through to 2031 under the ...

TAL launches new campaign focused on mental health

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2026
... in people unable to work due to illness or injury, particularly mental health conditions. Research commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) in May found around 8.5 million Australians accessed some form of income support in the ...

Product Showcase: Making group insurance count

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... receive an insurance payment. Yet many Australians still have only a limited understanding of how insurance works. The Council of Australian Life Insurers' life insurance sentiment tracker found that 70% of respondents with life insurance have a ...

Why HNW investors are choosing shopping centres

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
As demand for consistent cash flows continues to rise for wealthy investors, commercial real estate assets, like shopping centres, continue to draw significant interest to fulfil the need, MA Financial said. MA Financial co-head of core real estate ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... The report's most consequential number is therefore its assumption of 1.2% annual labour productivity growth." Business Council of Australia chief executive Bran Black also contests this figure, noting that the council's own modelling found labour productivity ...

Taxpayers to foot Age Pension if super turned into ATM: SMC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
New modelling by the Super Members Council (SMC) has shown One Nation's superannuation policy could leave taxpayers on the hook to pay up to double the amount taken out. One Nation is proposing to give Australians paying rent or a mortgage the choice ...