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FASEA chair to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... Authority (FASEA) has been reappointed and will continue in the role on a part-time basis until the organisation is wound up. Minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy, minister for women's economic security Jane Hume announced ...

O'Dwyer joins Barrenjoey

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... the board of EQT. She was previously spent nine years as the Liberal member for Higgins. In 2016 she was appointed as minister for revenue and financial services before moving to minister for jobs and industrial relations. O'Dwyer was also previously ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Some move the goalposts when they can't hit the target, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison did one better and all but abandoned his government's vaccine roll-out target. Taking to Facebook, Morrison announced on April 10 that: "The government ...

Increase to super contribution cap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... caps and the general transfer balance cap are set to increase due to indexation for the first time since July 2017," minister for women's economic security, superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume said. Concessional contributions ...

Hume expands portfolio

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
Following a cabinet reshuffle, minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume will now take on responsibility for women's economic security. Hume's title is now minister for women's economic security, minister ...

Kelly O'Dwyer joins EQT board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
The former minister for revenue and financial services Kelly O'Dwyer is joining Equity Trustees' board as a non-executive director. O'Dwyer joins the board as Jim Minto steps down after four years. Minto was also the deputy chair of the ...

AustralianSuper adds to investment committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... chief executive. Willox has worked as chief political correspondent for The Age, and the chief of staff to the Australian minister for foreign affairs Alexander Downer from 2004 to 2006. AustralianSuper's board is chaired by Don Russell.

ADB invests in sustainable start-ups

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... commercial investment towards the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030," ADB vice president Ashok Lavasa said. Deputy minister for international affairs for the Republic of Korea's ministry of economy and finance Taesik Yoon said: "Korea's venture ...

HESTA appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... January 201 6 as a nominee of Australian Private Hospitals Association. HESTA's board is chaired by Nicola Roxon, a former minister for health and ageing, and the first woman in Australia to be appointed Attorney-General.

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... Dion What a difference a year makes, ey? The year 2020 started out disastrous (literally) for the country with Prime Minister Scott Morrison copping flak for "hanging loose" in Hawaii while Australia burned. The bushfires that devastated much of southeastern ...