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Chalmers 'managing pressures' to shore up economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2025
... are potential pressures facing the Australian economy, according to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. Speaking at the Business Council of Australian dinner, Chalmers said the government was preparing for Australia to enter the "fourth economy". "Every four decades ...

Coalition members call for superannuation guarantee reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... should have to beg for a pay rise, they should have to raid their own retirement to get a pay rise..." The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) responded to the Coalition members' comments, presenting costings that estimated their plan would deprive ...

ISPT joins IFM: Names new leaders

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... chief executive of Stockland's shopping centre division. He is also a former national president of the Property Council of Australia. IFM said Steinberg and Chapple's extensive real estate experience will be critical in supporting IFM and ISPT ...

Permanent disablement claims for mental health explodes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... Australians aged 30 to 40 increased by 732% over the past decade, according to a new report by KPMG, commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Although the report noted that mental health claims increased across all age groups ...

Link between super and banking major priority in 2025: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
... and the potential impacts on the broader financial system. "At the moment, we are engaging with industry and fellow Council of Financial Regulators agencies on the design of the activity, including the hypothetical scenario we will examine," she said. ...

Cbus names chief strategy officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
... bank-owned funds and influence government policy. Before working in super, Dean worked as an organiser with the Australian Council of Trade Unions in the mid-1990s before becoming a political adviser to former Victorian premier Steve Bracks. He then ...

Delaying DBFO imposes 'generational' consequences

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is urging the federal government to take action on processing the second tranche of its Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) package, saying any further delay could result in "generational impacts." ...

ACTU slams plans to Americanise the superannuation system

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has criticised comments made by shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, claiming they reveal the "Coalition's dream of dismantling super." In a speech at the University of Sydney on Wednesday, Taylor said a collapse ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... by the government, was backed by AustralianSuper, the National Farmers Federation, the Tax Institute, the Business Council of Australia and the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia." She was also disappointed in the lack of engagement from ...

FAAA announces 2024 awards finalists

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... profession." The winners will be announced at the annual FAAA Congress in Brisbane on November 28. Separately, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) named its 2024 ReCALIbrate grant recipients. Nicole Bendeich, Calibre Life; Janice Choo, Big ...