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Study unveils state with largest superannuation gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees of large industry superannuation funds found the gender savings gap is worst in Western Australia, hitting a disparity of 39% between males and females. Female Western Australian workers had an average ...

Finance job opportunities rise post-RC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... and clerical job vacancies grew slightly while labourers, machinery operators, drivers, technicians and trades all fell. Western Australia recorded the strongest growths in jobs by state, with a 7.1% growth in vacancies. Sunsuper chief economist Brian ...

Industry welcomes tax cuts and surplus

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... patronage on other, including privately owned, infrastructure assets," he said. Goodsell said some highlights included the: Western Sydney Airport ($5.3bn); Melbourne-to-Brisbane inland rail ($9bn); Melbourne-to-Geelong Fast Rail ($2bn); and Gateway ...

Cost of living fears rise: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... of respondents in Queensland were worried about the rising costs of goods and services, 56% in New South Wales, 55% in Western Australia and 52% in Victoria.

Infrastructure gets $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... initiative," Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said. New South Wales will get $7.3 billion in new projects including the Western Sydney rail link ($3.5 billion), M1 Pacific Motorway extension to Raymond Terrace ($1.6 billion). Victoria will get $6.2 ...

Indigenous super access needs improvement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... raise awareness about identification procedures. It is not clear that this is happening across the industry, he said. In Western Australia, Boyle said one-in-five Aboriginal births are still not being registered. To overcome this, AUSTRAC provides alternative ...

AMP Capital scores AFL stadium interest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... West Coast Eagles. The investment manager has acquired a 50% interest in Westadium, the organisation that partnered the Western Australian government in designing, building, financing and maintaining Optus Stadium, the new home of AFL clubs Fremantle ...

AXA IM acquires three Sydney hotels

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... performance of the Sydney Olympic Park hotels due to the forecast economic, residential and worker population growth in western Sydney, coupled with a growing calendar of events that are held in the park annually," AXA said in a statement. "The area ...

Former ambassador assesses US-China trade deal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... dominated by US's military and economic power is now being destabalised. "The third, the weakness is that the weakness in western political institutions [the splintering of politically parties and community] into narrowly focused interest groups ...

NEOS Life expands to the west coast

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
Retail life insurance provider NEOS Life is expanding in Western Australia with the help of three former AIA Australia staff. Reon Botha will lead the Western Australian sales team as state manager. He joined from AIA Australia where he was a senior ...