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PROFILE: Bernie Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... couple of paths available for kids like me, growing up in western Brisbane: taking on an apprenticeship or joining the military," he explains. Ripoll opted to join the Royal Australian Air Force as an aircraft electrician when he was 16 years old. He ...

Ray King added to Ashington super fund court case

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... Ashington founder Craig Anderson, through his company Mapeline, is suing super funds Sunsuper, LUCRF, HESTA and Military Super over the alleged breach of an agreement. Anderson has claimed as part of Ashington's retirement as manager of two property ...

Reheating the cold war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... KGB operative also thumbed his nose at NATO's Secretary-General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen's call for Russia to halt its "military activities and its threats" because "violates the principles of the UN charter. It threatens peace and security in Europe". ...

US Congress votes to raise debt ceiling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2014
... refused to negotiate over Speaker John Boehner's proposed amendments that would undo previous expenditure cuts to US military pensions. The bill then passed the Democrat controlled Senate 67 to 31 despite efforts by the Tea Party aligned GOP Senator ...

One-third of US federal workers could retire

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2013
... creditors and clamp down even harder on recurrent budget expenditure particularly if pressure keeps mounting for increased military expenditure in an even limited intervention into the Syrian crisis. But the bigger influence on the retirement rush is ...

Govt to index military age pensions

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2013
The government has announced it will 'triple index' age pensions for retired non-veteran military personnel. The reform follows several Senate inquiries and already implemented reforms to retirement benefits for combat and disabled veterans. The Minister ...

Senior members announced to Industry Super Network board

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2012
... chair of the board for Industry SuperFund Cbus. Collins has had a varied career as a company director, parliamentarian, military and naval reserve officer, barrister and ABC journalist. He currently holds a number of directorships with both public and ...

Find super savings in public sector: Sherry

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2012
... super tax incentives. In an interview with a national broadsheet, Sherry said closing down DB schemes for judges and military personnel and aligning public and private sector employer contributions, including for future MPs, would be a better source ...

Abbott government to index military pensions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2012
In a major speech on military policy to the Returned Services League national conference this morning, opposition leader Tony Abbott vowed to index military retirement pensions if elected next year. "An incoming coalition government would finally offer ...

Tell that to the marines

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
Yeah, yeah& tell that to the marines! This was a saying I picked up in high school when I was doing my compulsory military service. The marines don't believe anything, they don't ask why, they simply do or die. This quip came to mind as I surf cyberspace ...