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Grattan calls for lower super fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... said. "Grattan want a welfare state where 70-80% of Australians will be relying on a government funded age pension, public health system and a benevolent age care system. They are offering Australians a bleak retirement where they are older and sicker ...

Why Phillip Morris gets ESG points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... IQOS was approved to be sold in the US, with the US Food and Drug Authority noting that it was in the interest of public health to make the stop smoking system available. "Here you've got a company that is doing what you want from ESG, which is getting ...

Coronavirus in, climate change out: Costello, deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... will likely bounce back in the next few months. "Stock markets tend to bottom with the peak in new cases during a public health issue of this kind, before rebounding within months," he said. "This is a worrying and serious situation and investors must ...

TAL launching new product

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... customers. TAL chief commercial officer, individual life, Tim Thorne said: "Diabetes is a challenging problem for public health worldwide and the life insurance market for people living with diabetes is underserved. "While some people with diabetes can ...

Three new faces join SuperFriend board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... joins the SuperFriend board as an independent director. She has over 20 years' executive experience in private and public health and also has experience in academia, research management, innovation in health and disability services delivery and insurance ...

TAL expands Risk Academy offering

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
... general manager for health services Dr Sally Phillips said: "Diabetes currently represents one of the most challenging public health problems of the 21st century, with the total cost for Australians with Type 2 diabetes amounting to more than $6 billion ...

AU wins Herston Quarter mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... further enhance the world-class reputation of the broader Herston Health precinct," Palaszczuk said. "The tradition of public health services on the site will also continue, with my government's commitment to deliver a new 132 bed Specialist Rehabilitation ...

Instos demanding ESG metrics

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... reduced emissions; water scarcity; food security; and health care. With the help of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the City University of New York, UBS is helping PGGM hone its universe of 650-700 companies it believes are having ...

Australian elections just gave uncertainty a top up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
... "jobs and growth" the Coalition's centrepiece carrot? And oh, lower company taxes? What now happens to the ALP's public health and education promise? The victories of "independents" and other small parties in Australia (and in Spain) suggest that the ...

Actuaries Institute names 2014 president

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2014
... increasingly shifting into non-traditional areas such as banking, data analytics, media strategy, natural resources and public health. These will be key areas we address in 2014 supported by refreshed education and development programs," Smith continued. ...