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It's time to step up: Climate Council

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... reduction in emissions by 2030. "We cannot afford to waste a single more day," McKenzie said. "We expect our incoming prime minister will demonstrate that we are ready to show decisive leadership on climate, starting at next week's Quad meeting in Japan." ...

Chalmers sworn in as treasurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... who has served as shadow treasurer since mid-2019. He was sworn in this morning shortly after the nation's 31 st prime minister Anthony Albanese. Chalmers has been a part of the shadow Treasury team since July 2016 when he was shadow minister for finance. ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... superannuation and to allow people to invest in whatever they want, then this policy has delivered in spades. Of note, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that you let people use their own money and don't lock it away from them. But, if this policy ...

Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... for the housing affordability crisis. "This is not a housing policy - this is a desperate, last-minute act from a prime minister trying to cling to power," ACTU president Michele O'Neil said. "This policy has rightly been rejected by governments on a ...

Super Guarantee increases now ironclad

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... re-election promise that a Coalition government will lift the Superannuation Guarantee to 12% as legislated. The Prime Minister has said he "stands by" the currently legislated 12% increase and, as per the legislation, the rate will increase in annual ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... reducing the time people need to pay rent and also means a smaller mortgage with less debt and smaller repayments," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. "Super should be harnessed to support the aspiration of many thousands of families who want to buy ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
At the ASFA Conference, former deputy prime minister and Cbus chair Wayne Swan called superannuation a great triumph of social-democratic policy as it's become a major source of social stability. The world has become a more dangerous place, its ...

Wayne Swan joins AIST board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
The AIST has announced the dual board appointment of the former federal treasurer and deputy prime minister alongside AustralianSuper executive Sarah Adams. Swan, the chair of Cbus, and Adams, the group executive strategy, reputation & corporate affairs ...

UBS Australia could be banned from Papua New Guinea

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... field and its share price would rise as a result," senior counsel James Renwick told the Royal Commission. The then Prime Minister of PNG met Oil Search chief executive Peter Botten at a hotel in Port Moresby and agreed PNG should buy Oil Search shares. ...

Aussie instos commit $50bn to UK projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... former's recent acquisition of Williams Advanced Engineering in Oxford and the latter's planned UK expansion. UK prime minister Boris Johnson said: "I'm proud that some of Australia's leading businesses have chosen to invest in the UK, recognising opportunities ...