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Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... uplifts, and that its funds management business is sticky given lockups and switching costs. In the 2019 election, the Labor Party proposed removing the cash rebate for franking credits. Despite this, Morningstar now considers there to be little legislative ...

Aware Super adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... membership administration and corporate service functions. Nigro is on the state executive board for the Australian Labor Party NSW and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. "Angela is joining us at an exciting time for Aware ...

AFA defends industry against Labor attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has slammed the Labor Party's attack on financial advisers, which paints the profession as dodgy and continues to rip-off consumers. AFA acting chief executive Phil Anderson is calling for an end to the "persecution" ...

Workers being offered nothing: Keating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... increase in labour productivity and have not been passing this on to workers through wages. "There's been a 10% increase in labor productivity since 2012. Not a cent of it has gone to wages," Keating said. He insisted the increase to SG should be ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
Talk about perfect timing. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) disappointing update on the state of employment in America couldn't have come at a more opportune time - the time when fresh president of the US, Joe Biden, is bidding the Congress ...

Labor, unions, industry funds seethe

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Super Australia (ISA) and unions have criticised the Retirement Income Review and say the super guarantee (SG) must rise. Labor leader Anthony Albanese said the government is looking for excuses to break its promises. "Can I say with regard to the government's ...

Women focus in Labor budget reply

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... years ago. We want to equip every Australian with the skills for a good secure job." If elected, Albanese said the Labor party will create a National Rail Manufacturing Plan to bring jobs back from offshore. He added that the Labor plan will focus on ...

Opposition in opposition: Labor responds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... subsidies. One trillion dollars of debt, a track record of no delivery and no plan for the future." Chalmers said the Labor party was hoping for "more bang for buck" with a trillion dollar debt and accused the government of being inconsistent. Chalmers ...

Super funds squander member money: Bragg

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... opacity. Appearing at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia event, in which he engaged in a political debate with Labor member Daniel Mulino, Bragg criticised the level of self-interest both retail and industry funds have exhibited over ...

ISPT writes down assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... of super stakeholders called before the committee today was selected by the Liberal Party and that requests by the Labor Party to have those funds that fronted the Royal Commission appear were ignored. He then accused the Liberal Party of using the committee ...