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US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... millions in stocks following private briefings on the likely impact of COVID-19 in late January. She is one of several senators who reportedly did the same. According to reports from The Daily Beast, Senator Kelly Loeffler sold more than $5 million in ...

Senate secures members' interest changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... billion building and construction industry fund Cbus said it appreciated the understanding of the government and crossbench senators to the concerns of those working in dangerous industries, with Cbus group executive Robbie Campo adding members rely ...

All options open for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... Cormann said. The Prime Minister was also resolute, and said the "particularly personal" views aired by new members and Senators during their maiden speech in Parliament should not be overinterpreted. "I have been very clear. The government's policy ...

Former Link general manager joins Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... advisory firm APG Consulting for two years and was chief of staff to the Federal Assistant Treasurer, and worked alongside senators Arthur Sinodinos and Amanda Vanstone. Between 20016 and 2013, he held senior roles at the Insurance Council of Australia ...

Chief economist update: S&P raises Duterte ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... "stable" to "positive" is like another dole-up of manna from heaven for Duterte's administration and those wannabe senators and congressmen seeking seats under his banner. According to S&P: "We raised the rating to reflect the Philippines' strong ...

Government moves on Royal Commission super recommendations

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... research in development investment. "To callously decide to vote against the Drought Future Fund after Labor's own Senators clearly supported the Bill during the Senate committee inquiry into it, is a new political low," Cormann said in a media r ...

We have won the battle, not the war: AustralianSuper CEO

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... Michael Hodge, Silk said if the Fox in the Henhouse campaign were judged on its ability to stem the flow of crossbench senators supporting legislative reform to the default system, than it must be considered a success. "If that's the objective, it's ...

Government superannuation reforms shelved

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
... has been forced to pull its controversial superannuation bills for the year after losing the support of key crossbench senators. The bills were reintroduced in September and, among several policies, attempt to strengthen APRA's oversight over MySuper ...

Industry supports super threshold removal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
Industry super fund Cbus is voicing its support for a proposal put forward by Senators to remove the income threshold for compulsory superannuation contributions, and is calling on the Federal Government to do the same. Cbus chief executive David Atkin ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... yesterday. The Bill, which successfully passed the Senate with the backing of Labor, One Nation, the Nick Xenophon Team, and Senators Lambie, Hinch and Williams, was later defeated in the House of Representatives after Foreign Minister Julie Bishop missed ...