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Labor pledges tougher unpaid super penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... will "make universal superannuation part of the National Employment Standards." "The retirement savings of Australian workers are a workplace right - they deserve the same strong protections as any other workplace right," he wrote. Bowen said: "Currently ...

Chief economist update: So much Brexit uncertainty, so little time

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
When UK prime minister Theresa May declared that "Brexit is Brexit" and "no Brexit deal is better than a bad Brexit deal" when she addressed EU ambassadors in London on the 17 January 2017, she laid out 12 objectives for Brexit negotiations: 1. Clarity ...

New SG laws hit Senate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... provide evidence once completed. Industry Super Australia said it welcomed the Bill but it isn't strong enough to stop workers being routinely short-changed their super entitlements. ISA's research shows this figure stands at $5.9 billion as at FY16. ...

Culture dominates shareholder engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
... said this called for stricter reporting on labour conditions and for the supermarket to involve the National Union of Workers in workplace rights, education, and grievance resolution procedures.

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... Medicare levy when they become liable to pay some income tax. "They would then pay a similar amount of tax to younger workers with similar incomes. This package would improve budget balances by about $700 million a year," the submission said. "These ...

Increase adviser standards sector-wide: FSU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... advice is an important measure to address problems in the sector. This is an area in which there is a broad consensus from workers and management as to what needs to occur," Angrisano said. "If there are arguments that can be made be made that professionalising ...

Super fund slashes fees, switches administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... 31; and extended its call centre hours from 8am to 8pm (AEST) Monday to Friday. EISS was the super fund exclusively for workers in the energy industry in NSW until it opened to the public in 2013. Separately, $27 billion Western Australian government ...

Super fund apologises for admin error

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... confirm if "we have appropriately addressed the underlying isolated issues." Once the super fund for Queensland government workers, QSuper was open to the public from 1 July 2017. Last month, QSuper's long-serving chief investment officer Brad Holzberger ...

Government amends key super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... an active low balance in prescribed dangerous occupations. Robert said the move follows feedback from stakeholders that workers in dangerous occupations are likely to benefit from default insurance in super as they likely otherwise face barriers to accessing ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... for young and low-income Australians. "I can assure you that ASFA is opposed to wiping out cover for vulnerable, young workers. We are opposed to substantive changes that add to cost and complexity," he said.