Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 11 - 20 of 2470 results for %22National Australian Bank%22

Local housing market to reach inflection point: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2023
... approvals holding well below average levels in 2023, it is likely new housing starts will also remain low, despite the national objective of delivering 1.2 million well-located homes by 2029." According to NAB, although the capacity limitations in the ...

Conscious Investment Management fund receives $50m

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... programs, including the recently announced federal government funding initiatives, the Housing Australia Future Fund and the National Housing Accord. These programs aim to stimulate institutional investment in the social and affordable housing sector ...

Interest rate hikes are working: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... pointed to is the path to decarbonisation that's not only important to the environment but from many countries' national security standpoint. "[They] don't want to be reliant on importing oil from the Middle East or other countries that requires ...

Future Fund exposed to dangerous Chinese investments: Opposition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
The Future Fund holds stakes in over 50 Chinese companies with links to human rights abuses and national security threats, associated with the People's Liberation Army, involved in the oppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang, and invested in sanctioned ...

Institutions must come to the table now: First Australians Capital

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2023
... to widely grow a sustainable Indigenous business sector," he said. Speaking at a First Nations Foundation event, NAB national head of Indigenous business and community banking Noel Prakash shared the growth forecast for Indigenous small and medium-sized ...

Calls for paid menopause leave gather momentum

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... workers to participate equally in the workforce. Some workers need more support than others to participate equally," FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano told Financial Standard. "Paid menopause and menstrual leave allows workers who suffer severe ...

Australia vulnerable to further shocks: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
... stages, of financial stress and alarmingly it found, a growing share of households have sought financial counselling. The National Debt Helpline (NDH) for example has seen demand for its services increase by around one-quarter from the low level experienced ...

Treasury outlines plans to boost employment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... more Australians to take up a job or work more hours." The paper also unveiled the government's plan to create a national skills passport to assist workers in promoting their qualifications and businesses in finding skilled workers. The passport ...

Financial hardship neglect lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... unleashed debt collectors while customers waited for the bank to respond to their hardship notices, ASIC alleges. Under the National Credit Code, a lender has 21 days to notify the customer if it does not agree to change the contract or if it requires ...

Former advisers costs CBA $1.2bn in remediation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... half the time. The union recently lodged a dispute at the Fair Work Commission challenging the bank's direction. FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said: "CBA's record profit demonstrates that staff can continue to work productively while maintaining ...