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PC calls for overhaul of public infrastructure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
... which runs for nearly 600 pages, covers issues such as funding new projects, public private partnerships, industrial relations and the role of domestic and global pension funds in infrastructure development. "There are numerous examples of poor value ...

The New Daily to avoid political bias: Weaven

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... movement. "We will shy away from political discussion," he said. "This is not going to be pushing a political or industrial relations line." He said this promise has been enshrined in a charter of editorial independence. "We have an emphasis on stories ...

Former ING DIRECT BDM joins EBX

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2013
... business consulting, financial planning, practice development and superannuation. Ibbotson holds a degree in Industrial Relations and a Diploma in Management and Human Resource Management and is a member of the Financial Planning Association and the ...

Australian pay rate growth underperforms Asia

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... this will, nonetheless, be used to feed arguments that wages should be attacked through another round of Industrial Relations reform as that is supposedly a surefire way to boost national productivity. Yet unless the current or any future government ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... benefit liabilities. Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten told ABC Radio this week, "I do not believe that industrial relations disputes should be ever played out at the board rooms of superannuation funds, full stop." Given that of the 16 CBUS trustee ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... address an AMCHAM lunch in Sydney and Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox is to give a major industrial relations talk in Melbourne. In Australia, the market on Thursday closed almost one per cent lower following steep falls on Wall ...

PM rejects lifting retirement age to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2012
... executive Peter Daley, was less certain of the impact. While other policy areas such as boosting infrastructure, industrial relations reform, business deregulation, education and health care reform were found to be important, each of these areas represent ...

Business continues to resist 12pct SG

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... radio last week, chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Howard government industrial relations adviser Peter Anderson, said it is duplicitous to say the superannuation increase is being funded by the mining tax because ...

Industry welcomes Shorten's promotion

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
The new Industrial Relations and Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten said he's delighted his new promotion to Cabinet. Yesterday's reshuffle by the Prime Minister sees Shorten elevated to a senior ministerial position for the first time, while ...

Coalition's IR commitment locks in Award default funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2010
The Coalition's small target election strategy for industrial relations and their commitment to stick with the government's Fair Work Act means there will be no change to how default super funds are nominated in Awards. This follows Opposition Leader ...