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Cbus board still considering CFMEU directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
Fronting a Senate hearing today, Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok said the fund's board is still considering whether it will appoint the replacement directors nominated by the CFMEU back in September. In September, the CFMEU administrator re-nominated ...

Bragg calls for Cbus to front Senate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
Senator Andrew Bragg has called on Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok to face a Senate inquiry over the recent legal proceedings launched by ASIC against the fund and the CFMEU scandal. "The reason that we're having a Senate inquiry in Canberra into ...

E&P Financial advances delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... value and peers. E&P will shortly face an upcoming public inquiry into its role in the collapse of Dixon Advisory. The senate referred the inquiry to the Wealth Management Companies to the Senate Economics References Committee, which will provide a report ...

$3m super tax edges closer to reality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2024
... continue to aspire to fully self-funded retirement," Tink asserted. Meanwhile, SMSF Association (SMSFA) is now urging the Senate to reject the legislation of a "deeply flawed" tax. "In all likelihood, the fate of this bill now rests in the hands of the ...

E&P Financial Group seeks to delist

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... detail on the proposed inquiry and is unaware of the extent to which it may or may not be involved in the inquiry." The senate referred the inquiry to the Wealth Management Companies to the Senate Economics References Committee, which will provide a ...

Calls for independent oversight on mortgage stress

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... with a target for mortgage arrears of between 2% and 3%," HIA chief economist Tim Reardon said. In its submission to the Senate inquiry into the financial regulatory framework and home ownership, HIA identified that a decade of additional costs has restricted ...

Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
The Senate committee tasked with investigating issues related to menopause wants the government to research the efficacy of existing reproductive leave policies in Australia and overseas with consideration to introducing it in the National Employment ...

Super to be paid on parental leave from July 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... scheme will begin receiving Superannuation Guarantee contributions from 1 July 2025, with the bill passing through the Senate this morning. Under the legislation, those who take paid parental leave will accumulate SG contributions on the income paid ...

Hanson backs Dixon Advisory inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... will soon launch after the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) gained support from Senator Pauline Hanson in the senate yesterday. After pounding the pavement for months, the FAAA has successfully secured a motion to investigate how Dixon Advisory ...

FSU steps up calls for reproductive leave policies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... Equal Pay Day, to help normalise conversations about menopause and menstruation in the workplace. In November 2023, the Senate referred an inquiry into issues related to menopause and perimenopause to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee ...