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Cbus responds to Royal Commission allegations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2015
... employees acted improperly by disclosing confidential personal information concerning Cbus members to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). "To ensure that this kind of behaviour cannot recur, Cbus has taken significant steps to ...

Pressure mounts on Cbus in Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2015
... members who were Lis-Con employees. Counsel Assisting allege Atkin agreed to provide the details because the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) was running a campaign to recover superannuation arrears for its members. Atkin has previously ...

Cbus chief executive answers Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
... flatly denied having any knowledge of the superannuation fund releasing members' personal information to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). Presenting as a witness at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption ...

Infocus to provide advice to First Super members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2015
... Australia to meet with First Super members at their homes or workplaces. The $2.2 billion fund mostly caters for the forestry and timber products sector, so many of its members live in regional areas. "We wanted to help our members, no matter where they ...

Cbus executive denies perjury allegation

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... Zanatta, had knowingly lied about her role in the improper release of member information to an official of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). In a responding submission, Butera's solicitor denied this: "It is submitted generally ...

Questions raised about ANZ and Timbercorp

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
The Senate Economics Committee inquiry into forestry managed investment schemes heard victims of Timbercorp point to the failed scheme's relationship with ANZ Banking Group. "The evidence presented at the first hearing of the Senate inquiry in forestry ...

Cbus employees accused of perjury

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
... Stoljar, SC, argued that Maria Butera and Lisa Zanatta acted illegally in passing on member information to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union official Brian Parker, and then knowingly lied about it to the royal commission. "Ms Zanatta ...

Cbus sacks alleged leaker, plans governance review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The Cbus employee allegedly responsible for leaking member information to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) has been sacked, according to Cbus chief executive David Atkin. Appearing at a hearing for the Royal Commission into ...

ASIC demands last resort compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... truly been exhausted." The regulator made the demand in its submission to the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into forestry managed investment schemes (MIS) and in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). ASIC noted that the effectiveness ...

Australian Ethical launches country's first ethical bond fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2014
... QLD, WA and Tasmania because these States own or operate fossil fuel power assets and provide support to the mining and forestry industries. The fund was seeded in 2012 with fixed income assets that had previously been managed in the Australian Ethical ...