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Cash bonus and fuel excise cut

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... also known as the 'lamington' tax offset - beyond the current financial year though, meaning that millions of workers could be in for a tax hike from July 2023.

Accountants lobby for 10 budget reforms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 MAR 2022
... of their take home pay earlier. Grant said single touch payroll is accurate enough there is no longer any need to slug workers an arbitrary 20% tax rate for working a second or third job trying to get by. "Let's provide our lowest paid workers with access ...

HESTA pushes forward with internalisation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
The $68 billion industry fund for health workers is pushing forward with an ambitious internalisation program. The fund recently reached a key milestone, with its in-house Australian equities team now actively investing. The Australian equities being ...

Flexible work expectation gap widens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... don't see it being demonstrated," she said. A Swinburne University of Technology survey of more than 1000 white-collar workers found that an "expectation gap" is emerging between workers and organisations. Some 43% of workers said an employer that ...

CSC turns 100 years old

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
... 1922 as a government-owned super fund, catering to Australian Defence Force personnel, veterans, and other government workers. One year later, it had about 26,900 members and 299 pensioners and now has some 488,000 members and 245,000 pensioners. The ...

Remembering Helen Hewett

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... seen "in skylines of our major cities, the increased retirement savings of Australian women and in the support given to workers when they are most in need". IMAGE: Courtesy of Women in Super.

CalPERS, CalSTRS face fossil fuels ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... fossil fuel industry but in doing so are giving tacit support to these companies..." "For over eight years, teachers, state workers and students have called for their pensions to divest from fossil fuels. Many of CalPERS's and CalSTRS's own beneficiaries ...

Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... advancements continue to prop up opportunities for technology, with the sector supporting other businesses and helping older workers improve productivity, according to Swell Asset Management chief investment officer Lachlan Hughes. "Technology companies ...

$450 super threshold scrapped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... $450 per month with one employer before you get paid super has compounded financial insecurity for casual and part-time workers, who often have lower pay and are in insecure or precarious work. "More than 80% of our members are women. Women are more ...

Mine unions pressure funds over Rio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... pressure to super funds over alleged bullying and harassment at Rio Tinto revealed in a recent report. The Western Mine Workers' Alliance (WMWA), an agreement between the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) and the Mining and Energy Union (MEU), said Rio ...