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AZ NGA partners with Sydney Financial Planning

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... Adelaide-based accounting and financial planning firm Oreon Partners earlier this year. As well as a majority stake in Western Australia-based Geographe Financial Group, and a strategic partnership with Queensland advice firm MiQ Private Wealth. The ...

Australia's gender pay gap narrows: WGEA reports

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... 0.7 percentage points (pp) to 21.1%, from 21.8% last year. Every state and territory reduced their gender pay gap with Western Australia recording the largest gap (28.8%) and Tasmania the smallest (10.6%). For every $1 men earn, women earn 78.9 cents ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... Relief Fund (EBRF) rebates. "In October last year, State Government electricity rebates were in place for Queensland and Western Australia. Over the year, those rebates have been used up and those programs have ended meaning electricity costs rose over ...

'We won't bet against the US', but 'China is not a foe': Elia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... "We're early-stage investors in China. We basically came to the conclusion that to invest in China you can't apply western style thinking. The whole concept around enforcement of contracts, the way that we understand it gives you those underlying ...

Drummond appoints chief commercial officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... new staffers to its distribution team. Catherine Cooke and Luke Grundy join as regional managers for New South Wales and Western Australia, respectively. Cooke previously worked at North as a new business sales manager and also at Count and AMP Financial ...

AZ NGA expands in South Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... Geographe Financial Group, which has provided advice on superannuation, investments and insurance since 1976 for clients in Western Australia. AZ NGA group chief executive Paul Barrett said the partnership with Oreon marks a significant step forward ...

Chris Marco sentenced to prison over $34m fraud

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... sentence handed down this week, after being found guilty following a five-week trial in September. The Supreme Court of Western Australia has sentenced Marco to 14 years imprisonment, with eligibility for parole after 12 years. Marco was found guilty ...

Integro appoints head of advice and growth

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... Gilmour said the appointment marks a significant milestone in Integro's journey. "We have built strong foundations in Western Australia, Queensland and Victoria and are now turning our attention to developing a truly national presence, including in New ...

AZ NGA acquires majority stake in Geographe Financial Group

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... Group (Geographe). Geographe has provided advice on superannuation, investments and insurance since 1976 for clients in Western Australia. In 2024, AZ NGA acquired AMP's Equity Portfolio and gained a minority stake in Geographe along with 15 other advice ...

QIC to lead investor gateway for energy sector

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... transmission project CopperString. The goal of this project is to deliver the Eastern Link by 2032 and progressing the Western Link. QIC will also partner with private developers through a new $200 million government commitment. The organisation will ...