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AustralianSuper names new deputy chair

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
AustralianSuper has appointed existing board member Dave Oliver as deputy chair following the departure of Paul Howes, who left the fund's board in July. The vacant board position left by Howes, meanwhile, has been filled by Howes' successor as national ...

CFMEU organiser posed as Cbus employee

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... (CFMEU) has admitted to ringing up Cbus members posing as an employee of Cbus. Appearing at the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption this morning, CFMEU organiser Brian Fitzpatrick said the CFMEU had got Cbus members' information ...

TWU defends mandatory TWU Super contributions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... employee superannuation only to TWU Super in collective bargaining agreements. Appearing before the Royal Commission into Trade Union and Governance Corruption this morning, TWU assistant secretary Michael Caine rejected the notion that mandating employer ...

Howes to leave AustralianSuper board

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Prominent unionist Paul Howes has signalled his intention to step down as a board member of AustralianSuper, a spokesperson for the fund has confirmed. The news comes after Howes announced in March that he would step down as secretary of Australian ...

LUCRF names Sword's replacement

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2014
Industry super fund LUCRF Super has appointed trade unionist Charles Donnelly as its new chief executive, replacing superannuation pioneer Greg Sword who leaves at the end of June. Donnelly has been general secretary of the National Union of Workers ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... pro-Russian secessionists rattled markets. In the southern city of Odessa, 38 people died in an arson attack against a trade union building after a day of violent clashes between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian militants Locally, in economic news on Monday ...

PROFILE: Cbus chief executive David Atkin

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2014
"An idyllic tropical life" is how David Atkin describes his childhood in Papua New Guinea. While his parents taught in a local school, he spent his days "wandering around the forest, being looked after by the locals, exploring every day, having a lot ...

Greg Sword resigns as CEO of LUCRF Super

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2014
LUCRF Super chief executive Greg Sword will step down after eight years in the role. His last day will be June 30 2014. He informed the LUCRF Super board of his decision this morning in order to provide adequate notice to find a replacement. "This will ...

Government targets super in awards, board independence

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
The Abbott government looks set to follow through on its plan to introduce a quota of independent directors on super fund boards, and to take superannuation out of modern awards, following the release of a discussion paper by Assistant Treasurer Arthur ...

ISA appoints former cabinet minister to advisory role

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has appointed the Hon Greg Combet AM to an advisory role for the next year. Combet served as a Cabinet Minister in the former Federal Government and is a former Secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. As principal ...