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Labor pledges calm in superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... Jones sparred with minister for superannuation, financial services, and the digital economy Jane Hume at the event. Both ministers agreed that unpaid super is a significant issue, yet no one can agree on the exact figure. The ATO calculates $3.5 billion ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... the building and construction industry division of the department of labour and then a ministerial adviser to labour ministers in the state government. Silk was also a director of the department of labour's industrial relations division. Schroder ...

YFYS on its way to Senate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... Labor getting away with just one of the amendments on its wish list. Best Financial Interest Duty's proposal to give ministers the power to ban superannuation funds' investments was dropped. However, Labor's other proposed amendments lost out 69 to 59 ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... met and decided to gradually increase oil production in July. The OPEC+'s online meeting on 1 June 2021 saw oil ministers from member nations agree to raise oil production by 441,000 barrels per day (bpd) in July, with Saudi Arabia -the swing producer ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... affairs minister. Assistant minister to the attorney general Amanda Stoker took on the additional roles of assistant ministers to the industrial relations minister and minister for women. Families and social services minister Anne Ruston added to her ...

Challenger welcomes board director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... welcome Smith to the board. "She has performed at the highest level in support of the Australian Government and Prime Ministers on economic reform, innovation and technological change, foreign policy, national security and intelligence matters," Polson ...

Magellan adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... directorial and advisory positions at CSIRO, Australian Government Innovation Council, Federal Trade and Investment Ministers, Australian Fashion Week and the Melbourne Fashion Festival. Magellan chair and co-founder Hamish Douglass said the board is ...

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Hokkaido, Kanagawa, Tokyo, Osaka and Aichi. While still hesitant to re-declare a state of emergency, Suga renewed calls for ministers to implement concrete measures to control the infection. This comes only a few days after the prime minister directed ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... change and disclose climate change risk could mislead and deceive bond investors. A third case, Sharma v Environment Ministers will see students ask the court to stop the Vickery Extension Project - a Whitehaven Coal development - from going ahead. Barnden ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... disclose climate change risk could mislead and deceive bond investors. A third newly filed case, Sharma v Environment Ministers will see students ask the court to stop the Vickery Extension Project - a Whitehaven Coal development - from going ahead.