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Super funds need to act like banks: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... funds to invest in failing businesses, like Virgin Australia, to help sustain them during the COVID-19 crisis. Speaking on the ABC, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said industry super funds should be doing what they can to support businesses to ensure ...

Super funds face penalties over early release failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... with the Australian Tax Office to access their super early in just three days. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann was asked on ABC News Breakfast whether he was worried that 360,000 people were already trying to access their super. "No, it doesn't worry ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus or bust

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Uh, scary! But what's in a word? According to the ABC : "An outbreak is a sudden rise in cases of a disease in a particular place. An epidemic is a large outbreak. A pandemic means ...

AMP remediation processes questionable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... members into new AMP superannuation accounts opened without customers' knowledge or consent. Following a report by the ABC, AMP has confirmed it is depositing refunds owed to former customers into AMP Eligible Rollover Fund accounts opened in their ...

Industry veteran arrested

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... both firms. In a statement, NSW Police said an investigation into an 82 year old Point Piper resident began in August. The ABC reported that Brierley was attempting to board a flight to Fiji at the time of his arrest and that the conditions of his bail ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... broadly neutral influence, may need to play a more active role in strengthening economic growth". They're not alone - ABC published a report earlier this month asking "13 economists how to fix the economy" and found: "Seven of the 13 say what is ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... proved correct for he has been telling me Australia is heading for a recession... every year, for 10 years. A report by the ABC shows AMP chief economist Shane Oliver backs him up: "So we see a higher risk of an Australian recession in 2020 -- risk of ...

AFCA hits the road

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... communications and stakeholder relations this week. Bowlen is a former journalist with more than 20 years' experience at the ABC, and joins AFCA after stints in the media functions of St Vincent's Hospital and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service. ...

ASIC dismisses Royal Commission insider trading reports

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... the Labor party that the increase in banking share prices was suspicious. Labor finance spokesperson Jim Chalmers said on ABC Radio National Breakfast on 7 February: "Something very fishy happened at 11 o'clock on Monday morning. We need to get to ...

Australia in effective recession: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... then real net national disposable income is a better indicator, and that is up 2.1% through the year," Frydenberg said on the ABC. "Whereas, in Labor's last year in office, it was down 1.2%. Real GDP per capita and the talk of a recession really ...