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LGBTI+ leaders list 2020 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... Perpetual's Community and Social Investment business, which focusses on working with for-purpose organisations and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Fay said she has seen perceptions change since the marriage equality campaign in ...

Retirement income failing Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Retirement Income Review raised concerns about some falling through the gaps. In 2018, the median super balance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men was 59% lower than that of all men - $25,000 as opposed to $60,635. Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Zurich joins reconciliation plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... the Reflect RAP is a strategic commitment to positive actions towards celebrating, connecting and collaborating with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their unique contributions to the communities we serve in Australia." Delaney and Plant ...

Future Fund slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... funds". Over the financial year, the fund took on responsibilities for investing on behalf of three additional funds: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund, the Future Drought Fund and the Emergency Response Fund. The Future ...

Leadership spills spell new era: RIAA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... expectations as investors take ESG more seriously. "The fallout from Rio Tinto's explosion of the sacred Juukan Gorge Aboriginal site, resulting in three executives stepping down from the company, should finally lay to rest the idea that it is only what ...

Adviser charged with stealing super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... impacted by Goel's alleged conduct. Several of these members, ASIC alleges, were residents of remote communities and Aboriginal people. "Further inquiries that ASIC made of fund members suggest that in most instances, the email addresses given on ...

Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... O'Connor also welcomed the news of the executive changes. "Many investors were shocked by the destruction of this unique Aboriginal cultural heritage site, which exposed large failings in the Rio Tinto's internal processes to deliver upon its commitments ...

Mixed results at Bjelke-Peterson estate sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... members of the government or public service. It was also reported widely that he proposed HIV screening in Queensland Aboriginal communities and it was alleged in several newspapers that he told another MP he hoped HIV would wipe out these communitie ...

Indigenous foundation teams up with super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... aims to achieve financial prosperity for Indigenous Australians, and super funds can benefit from its wide network of Aboriginal community organisations. "It is well known that Indigenous Australians have lower super balances than the rest of the population ...

First Nations Foundation gets COVID-19 funding

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... has a proven record of delivery, having developed the world's first digital financial literacy program developed for Aboriginal people by Aboriginal people in 2019. We have also reconnected $24 million in super with 1600 Indigenous people across 21 communities," ...