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What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
Cost of living pressures and the transition to clean energy took centre stage on federal budget night as the Labor Party unveiled a package of measures in response to mounting economic uncertainties. Federal treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the 2023-24 ...

RBA appointments prompt debate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... rigorous process," he said. "So, we're not ending up with a whole lot of union officials with deep links to the Labor Party." Meanwhile, others applauded the decision. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) said it's been critical of the ...

Super on PPL a drop in the ocean

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... mention women despite aiming to ensure the system is "equitable" has once again shone light on the super gender gap. The Labor Party will stand to save about $2 billion once it doubles concessional tax rates for balances over $3 million but has only ...

Super fund disclosure rules finalised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... criteria for these funds was to be invited to attend the summit, and how many of these funds donate to the Australian Labor Party and or make payments to unions.

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... clear message that caring work is undervalued," Blakey added. Prior to the federal election in May it was revealed the Labor Party had dropped its plans to pay super on paid parental leave, having taken that pledge to the 2019 election. Labor has since ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... default option as well as ensuring laws stop superannuation waste like uncommercial payments to unions. Unlike the Labor party which has committed to the legislated 12% superannuation guarantee rise, Bragg went on to propose an immediate pause of the ...

Industry groups welcome Labor government

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... Council of Australia also came out and embraced the leadership change. The Insurance Council is enthusiastic about the Labor Party commitment to increase investment to better improve the resilience of communities through a $200 million a year disaster ...

Reserve Bank lifts cash rate target

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... interest rates have been raised during a federal election campaign since 2007. Responding to the RBA's decision, the Labor Party said "it's harder than ever to make ends meet - and today, it just got even harder".

APRA 'digging into' super fund contributions to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... workers." In this same release Bragg cited AEC data he manually compiled that asserted super funds had paid $40 million to Labor Party affiliated unions in the past four years. Bragg then went on to say: "Super funds are becoming the biggest political ...

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... more than three or four days a week. It will boost productivity and workforce participation across the economy." The Labor party plans to reduce the cost of child care by lifting the maximum subsidy rate to 90%, and increasing and smoothing the taper ...