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Local Government Super chair departs, successor named

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... appointment as a director persons must be serving local government councilors. In August O'Regan was removed from the Liberal Party line-up ahead of the September 9 election. Previous chair of LGS, Bruce Miller, who served from 2013 to 2015, has been ...

Labor rejects ASIC chair nominee

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... markets and the Parliament." Bowen's justification for Labor's opposition stemmed largely from O'Sullivan being a Liberal Party member in the Prime Minister's electorate as well as a president of the Wentworth federal electoral conference. "Australia ...

Banks narrowly avoid parliamentary inquiry

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2017
... Representatives after Foreign Minister Julie Bishop missed the vote and Nationals MP George Christensen chose to vote with the Liberal Party - tying the vote 70-70. Christensen had earlier indicated his intention to cross the floor to support the establishment ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Former Liberal Party leader and chair of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project, John Hewson, believes markets are ignoring a climate-induced crisis far more severe than the one caused by subprime mortgages. Speaking at a Sydney briefing discussing BetaShares' ...

House passes professional standards bill

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2017
... financial practice following their vote against Labor's proposed financial advice measures. "The house calls on current Liberal and National Party parliamentarians to apologise for the disregard their colleagues in the 43rd parliament showed for the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2016
... The ruling coalition won by a landslide at the 10 July elections. Of the 121 seats up for grabs in the Upper House, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) got 56 seats and its coalition partner, Komeito secured 14 seats. This, together with other parties ...

Support to recycle Queensland assets

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
Queensland opposition leader Lawrence Springborg has received support after flagging his Liberal-National Party (LNP) were again open to discussions on asset recycling in the sunshine state. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry Queensland (CCIQ), which ...

Christmas in October

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2015
... make the correct call - to learn what Janet thinks of these recent central bank moves. All I can say is it won't be a Xmas party for dear aunt Janet. Keeping the faith that US interest rates would be normalised soon would only serve to enhance the strength ...

TWU attacks retail super funds over board governance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2015
... system which benefits wealthy banks. This is blatantly linked to the millions of dollars in political donations the Liberal party receives from the financial institutions," TWU assistant national secretary Michael Kaine said. "Industry funds should be ...

Tax conversation in a bubble

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
... superannuation lobby groups, as well as National Seniors, are now acknowledging that change may be inevitable. The Labor party has already committed to it, and the Liberals may not be far behind." Chapman said the argument for reform is based on the ...