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Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Findings from World Economic Forum's Executive Opinion Survey suggest Australian business leaders are most concerned with economic risks like recession in the coming years. The Executive Opinion Survey, conducted in partnership with Zurich and Marsh ...

CalSTRS secures US$190m settlement against Meta

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... millions of Facebook users' personal data to target messages on behalf of its clients throughout the 2016 US Presidential election. CalSTRS was the co-lead plaintiff in the case, which will now see the defendant directors pay US$190 million directly ...

L1 Group aims for $35m in cost reductions post-merger

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... targets within the 18-month timeframe," Russell said. Shareholders approved the group's remuneration report and the re-election of chair Guy Strapp as a board director. On October 29, Jeff Peters departed L1 Group with immediate effect. It occurred less ...

Super performance test, DBFO reforms coming: Government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... consultative, collaborative and methodical way," Chalmers said. "We've kept the reform wheels turning ever since the May 2022 election, even as the macro challenges in our economy have demanded a lot of our focus and attention, and that's because ...

Hume's super sharing bill lashed in parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... proposal, calling it an attack on superannuation. "Their answer to many things is to raid your super, and one of their election policies was to attack super on paid parental leave-to support that contribution being cashed out instead of being preserved ...

US pension funds move against James Hardie chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... this month Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) also recommend a vote against the four James Hardie directors up for election, including Lloyd. ISS said it had "material corporate governance concerns" around the James Hardie board. The acquisition ...

Government reviewing $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2025
... whether the legislation would be ditched as it continued to be pushed back when parliament resumed following the Federal Election, which Chalmers swiftly denied. "We're proceeding with the policy that we announced two and a half years ago. When it ...

HMC Digital Infrastructure appoints new senior executive

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... international markets. He will join the board prior to the upcoming 2025 AGM in November, where he will then stand for election by DGT securityholders. HMC Capital chief executive and managing director David Di Pilla said: "HMC Digital Infrastructure ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... was supposed to deliver its report by the last sitting day in March, but the inquiry lapsed as a result of the federal election being called. Earlier this week, the committee advised the Senate it would not seek re-adoption of the inquiry and the Senate ...

Chalmers says tax reform coming, but offers no detail

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2025
... while the government intends to cut income taxes twice more, which was already legislated before the most recent federal election, the Roundtable discussions last week highlighted the need for more reform. "When we changed the tax cuts and then delivered ...