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Frydenberg focusses on jobs, jobs, jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... Social security and welfare was predicted to make up 33.9% of the total Federal budget. Assistance for people with disabilities was the second largest social security expense at $56 billion. Expenditure on the National Disability Insurance Scheme was ...

Impact investors team up for $48m investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Housing, which is a subsidiary of a non-profit organisation that works for housing accessibility for people with disabilities. "We are excited by the opportunity to continue working alongside Summer Housing, now in partnership with PRF and FPIP. By investing ...

Aware Super unaware of members with disabilities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
First State Super's planned rebrand to Aware Super last week ran into trouble when the fund failed to disseminate the information in formats accessible to all members. A First State Super member, who has a hearing impairment, wrote to the fund's ...

NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... example. "Catering is a perfect example, we want to look at how we can source [it] from organisations run by people with disabilities or aboriginal people," she said. The second job for the committee will be to look at its internal practices and implement ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... personal profile that facilitates daily tasks such as payments and access to public transport." They argue too that disabilities will be a thing of the past. "Exoskeletons will become commonplace. These will assist in rehabilitation, helping paraplegics ...

Planners can prevent financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... advisers will be dealing with single parents. "Unfortunately, the statistics are that when you've got a child with disabilities the parents are more likely to split up," she explained. Havers said the main concern parents have when they have a disabled ...

Swiss Re to manage Freedom remediation

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... included the Royal Commission playing recorded calls of a sales person selling insurance to a man with intellectual disabilities. On April 15, the ASX-listed company said it was transferring its policy administration business to a third party and hiring ...

Insurance shake-up puts clients first

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... important not to overreact" to the problems highlighted at the Commission. Berrill, who has worked with people with disabilities for 25 years, sees the benefit of life insurance during times of need. "I've seen how it can be a life changer and a lifesaver ...

Financial advice as charitable giving

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 OCT 2018
... retirees struggling with Centrelink and their retirement savings. The firm also focuses on assisting people with disabilities and serious illnesses. "There are a lot of people that want help that don't fit the typical advice client model, largely ...

Government establishes aged care Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
... provided to older Australians, and the extent of substandard care; The challenge of providing care to Australians with disabilities living in residential aged care, particularly younger people with disabilities; The challenge of supporting the increasing ...