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ART appoints two new directors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... in communications, campaigning and member engagement. Newman has been a director at the Queensland Nurses and Midwives' Union (QNMU) since 2012, playing a key role in industrial and member campaigns and representing the QNMU at external forums. ART said ...

Trustees up sponsorship deals, Hostplus takes lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... non-essential expenditure. According to newly released APRA data, Hostplus spent more than $7.5 million on soccer, AFL and rugby union clubs, with the Australian Football League receiving $1.9 million and the Gold Coast Suns taking in $1.3 million, in ...

ASIC to monitor union redundancy funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Following a consultation process that was launched in June, ASIC has outlined its approach to the regulation of employee redundancy funds under the Corporations Act 2001 (Corporations Act), once the current relief expires on 1 April 2026. Operators ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... investments in Israeli stocks and bonds, making the announcement during a meeting with unions. A branch of the Australian Services Union welcomed the news as a "huge win" following two years of campaigning to pass workplace motions, collect signatures ...

Family trusts safe from reform for now: Mulino

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino has said the government is not currently looking at reforming the tax treatment of family trusts. Appearing on Sky News this morning to discuss this week's changes to Division 296, Mulino was asked whether ...

Australian Retirement Trust chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... members and to have had a part in driving retirement outcomes for those 2.4 million Australians alongside 200,000 employers, union and financial adviser partners," Anderson said. "I'm so proud of the accomplishments of my ART colleagues in my time ...

UniSuper appoints chief advice officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... executive titles at various financial institutions, including MLC Advice, NAB, AMP, Hillross Financial Services, Quay Credit Union, and more. Congratulating Gregory, UniSuper chief executive Peter Chun, who was recently named the Fund Executive of the ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... Nuno Matos' leadership revealed job cuts to staff once again before they had even been briefed," the Finance Sector Union said.

Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue': Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg has confirmed the Coalition's controversial super for housing policy is under review. "I'm open minded as to whether there's a way it can be re-cut, but as it stands, it's unlikely to continue as our ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 4.2% in July, according to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "With employment rising by 25,000 people and the number of unemployed decreasing by 10,000 people, the unemployment rate ...