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New shareholder at Crescent Wealth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... the shareholder register. On the board Shahin joins chair Dianne Yerbury, deputy chair Nicholas Whitlam and former Liberal Party leader John Hewson. "Support from Mr Shahin will provide us with a further boost as we work to provide all Australians and ...

Kelly O'Dwyer joins EQT board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... the board risk committee and join as a member of the board audit committee. O'Dwyer spent nine years as the Liberal party member for Higgins and was appointed the minister for revenue and financial services in July 2016 during which time the Royal ...

Turnbull calls out Wilson, Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... Speaking with Industry Super Australia chair Greg Combet, Turnbull said whilst he has the upmost respect for his Liberal party colleagues, the suggestion to pull money from super to enter the housing market is ridiculous. "The proposition that super ...

Workers being offered nothing: Keating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... at one of the most vocal critics of the legislated SG rise - Grattan Institute. "I'm very surprised that the Liberal party have locked onto the left-wing views of John Daly and Brendan Coates at the Grattan Institute," he said. He argued that Grattan ...

No evidence lower SG will result in higher wages: ACTU summit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... making huge sacrifices. This is the time to get the nation to pull together and make collective decisions." Former Liberal Party leader John Hewson, who was also on the panel of speakers, said the Morrison government has proven that the politicians are ...

ISPT writes down assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... Leigh told the hearing that the lineup of super stakeholders called before the committee today was selected by the Liberal Party and that requests by the Labor Party to have those funds that fronted the Royal Commission appear were ignored. He then accused ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Former Labor Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating have slammed the possibility the Liberal party may ditch the planned rise to the super guarantee as economists warn against it going ahead. Speaking at a socially distanced press conference, Rudd ...

It's your money: Hume calls out Keating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... out shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services Labor MP Stephen Jones who claimed the Liberal party is opposed to superannuation as a whole. "The Liberal's opposed every single dollar that went to superannuation. If Australia ...

Senator remains firm on FASEA extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... not file financial records with ASIC. Patrick insinuated in the Senate that many of the companies on the list are Liberal party donors. He argued an amendment to the omnibus bill was necessary so that these companies were not allowed to engage in aggressive ...

Super fund calls for government support

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
Crescent Wealth board director and former Liberal party leader John Hewson called for the government to introduce a 30-50 year guaranteed infrastructure bond. He said a government guaranteed bond would allow super funds to generate investment returns ...