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TAL slashes jobs, cuts outbound sales

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
At least 50 staff members at TAL have been made redundant as part of a wider move to scale back its direct life insurance business. TAL said an ongoing program of change has been underway for some time and has so far resulted in reduced staffing requirements ...

Chief economist update: Still the lucky country?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... expectations for an unchanged reading of 5.3% and the lowest rate since April 2012. In addition, the 14,700 loss in part-time jobs in September was more than offset by the 20,300 addition to full-time positions over the same month. As the 'permanent ...

Lost super sits at $17.5bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... spread across more than 6.2 million accounts. Whyte said people often lose contact with their super funds when they change jobs, move house or simply forget to update their details. "We know that more than a third of Australians still hold two or more ...

FSU, FSC respond to interim report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... salaries if they delivered short-term profits. They did this by exploiting customers and bank staff. Bank workers who did their jobs diligently serving their customers were under extraordinary pressure to sell, sell, sell." The FSU said better governance ...

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... Mathias Cormann telling us, Australians all, that: "We came into government with a plan to deliver stronger growth, more jobs, and to repair the Budget, and what this final budget outcome for 2017/18 demonstrates is that our plan is working, the economy ...

IFM bids to build Melbourne Airport rail link

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... city, with trains departing every 10 minutes during peak periods. The consortium added their proposal would support 12,000 jobs each year during construction and stimulate 13,000 jobs in Melbourne's west and Victoria's regions. IFM Investors chief executive ...

Labor commits $400m to gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... eligibility for the superannuation guarantee as it disadvantages those working part-time, casually and across multiple, low-paying jobs. This would commence on 1 July 2020 with a view to be completely phased out by 1 July 2024. Shorten said a Labor Government ...

Instant asset write off extended

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Minister Scott Morrison's new ministry, confirming several changes for financial services, after Kelly O'Dwyer took on the jobs, industrial relations and women portfolios. As Australia's new Treasurer, Frydenberg now assumes responsibility for ASIC ...

Chief economist update: Confidence down, conditions up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
... according to NAB's chief economist, Alan Oster: "The employment index (based on historical patterns) is consistent with jobs growth of around 23,000 per month. This is consistent with a declining unemployment rate over the latter part of 2018." Stocks ...

Industry funds launch account matching initiative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
... finding is consistent with the widely held view that young people continually default as they move through various casual jobs, it said.