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AFCA expands C-suite with three hires

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... customer-facing teams. Most recently she was deputy secretary in the Australian government department of employment and workplace relations. She also spent more than seven years with the Australian Taxation Office in various roles including deputy commissioner ...

New SMC campaign to help Aussies care for 'golden super goose'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... roll out nationally via catch-up TV and streaming services, outdoor advertising, audio, social and digital as well as workplace and industry channels. In 2024, ASIC urged super funds and the industry to do more to explain super to younger Australians ...

Most sought-after professionals revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... excellent compensation and benefits; work-life balance and flexible working arrangements; and a positive and supportive workplace culture. In line with this, the top working preference was for a hybrid role, followed by flexible hours and office-based ...

Canadian pension fund in turmoil amid governance review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... Canadian pension fund has placed its chief executive on leave as it conducts a review into a hefty vacation payout and a workplace relationship. The CAAT Pension Plan announced yesterday it has placed chief executive Derek Dobson on administrative leave ...

Voices down: Women staying quiet about retirement worries

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... accessible. Mousina agreed, saying the financial literacy gender discrepancy can be fixed through better education, workplace programs and support from super funds. Howes said: "Women can take back control by engaging with their super, knowing their ...

Diverse leadership cements business growth, positive workplace culture: HESTA

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... report found that all signatories to the 40:40 Vision initiative believe that greater gender diversity has benefited workplace culture and business performance, but women remain "significantly" underrepresented in executive leadership teams (ELTs) across ...

Increases coming for veterans' superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
The government is increasing payments related to the Defence Force Superannuation Benefits program, Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed in the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO). Treasury said payments related to the Defence Force Superannuation ...

Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... Investments chief executive Michael Gordon, who has been reappointed to the board of Nest Pensions, the UK's largest workplace pension scheme with more than £50 billion in assets. Gordon, already a non-executive director of Nest Invest, brings decades ...

Benchmark report reveals crucial blind spots in whistleblower protections

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... against staff members as the most common outcome. For around 68% of companies the most common reported wrongdoing was workplace mistreatment, dispute or grievance, ASIC identified. However, almost one-quarter (22%) reported receiving zero disclosures ...

Australia's gender pay gap narrows: WGEA reports

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released the latest Australia's Gender Equality Scorecard. Spanning the past 12 months, the employer census revealed that the national gender pay gap has dropped by 0.7 percentage points (pp) to 21.1%, from 21.8% ...