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Rice Warner prepares to shut up shop

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... active in public policy discussions on superannuation. Rice Warner said that in 1996 Knox and Rice met with then Prime Minister John Howard to discuss the superannuation guarantee policy. At this meeting, it was decided to leave Labor's policy in place ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... nature of the coronavirus, conditions could change at a moment's notice - i.e. lockdowns re-imposed. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it best: "People will need to plan for the possibility of travel being disrupted if there is an outbreak... ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... services and the digital economy. Amid former attorney-general Christian Porter's historic rape allegations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison rejigged several cabinet positions taken on by women, which includes Hume's new oversight. Minister for ...

Chief economist update: ScoMo cannot miss new vaccination target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
Some move the goalposts when they can't hit the target, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison did one better and all but abandoned his government's vaccine roll-out target. Taking to Facebook, Morrison announced on April 10 that: "The government ...

Hume expands portfolio

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... superannuation, financial services and the digital economy. She will join foreign minister Marise Payne, who along with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, will lead a taskforce for women's equality, women's safety, women's economic security ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... Dion What a difference a year makes, ey? The year 2020 started out disastrous (literally) for the country with Prime Minister Scott Morrison copping flak for "hanging loose" in Hawaii while Australia burned. The bushfires that devastated much of southeastern ...

Turnbull calls out Wilson, Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has turned on his former colleagues, Tim Wilson and Andrew Bragg, saying their proposal to give people access to super to spend in the housing market is "just wrong". Speaking with Industry Super Australia chair ...

Possible delay for SG rise: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... lives by forgoing wages that could be used to pay off a home, just to have a larger balance at retirement. "The Prime Minister noted the planned increase is legislated but if there was a decision to change that, it would be changed much closer to the ...

CPP Investments chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... and announced the appointment of head of credit investments John Graham as chief executive immediately. Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is discouraging outbound international travel to curb COVID-19 transmissions, most recently suspending flights ...

Retirement income framework on track: Frydenberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... that the industry trades off the public's fears of not having enough money in retirement, pointing to former Prime Minister Paul Keating as one example. Echoing Kay's points, he said too many Australians do not know about the support and services ...