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Advisers who failed FASEA exam granted extension

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... registrations closing tomorrow. In acknowledging the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it has caused, the Morrison government has introduced "very limited changes to FASEA exam requirements", she said. "For those who have made two genuine ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... the Eurozone (-1.8%), Japan (-1.8), and the United Kingdom (-6.1%). There'll always be dissenters but, for me, the Morrison government has spent our money wisely. The government's tax incentives have driven business confidence and conditions ...

Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... team. "Leaders must be accessible," he added, using the example of the public's unhappiness with Prime Minister Scott Morrison being overseas during the bushfires at the start of 2020. "We want our leaders to be... as much among us as above us," ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... female participation in the workforce is key to enhancing women's economic security, and that is exactly what the Morrison Government is achieving," she said. Hume took on the responsibilities for women's economic security in late March, in addition ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
Australia may not be "at the front of the queue for a safe and effective vaccine" (as Morrison declared back in November 2020) but it's certainly leading much of the world in containing the virus and strengthening economic recovery. This was the ...

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 ...

HESTA hires investment manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... Investors, LUCRF and The Gandel Group," a spokesperson for the fund said. HESTA also added to its board last month, with Alan Morrison joining as Daniel Sims retired.

Hume expands portfolio

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... 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, women's health ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... the pandemic and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.8% - the lowest level since March 2020. This is good news for the Morrison government which just ended JobKeeper and coronavirus supplements to welfare recipients on March 28. It's still early days ...

HESTA appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... superannuation fund has added a new director to its board, as former Ramsay Health Care chief executive Daniel Sims retires. Alan Morrison was appointed to HESTA's trustee board of directors this month. He will also sit on the audit and risk committees. ...