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Payday super laws introduced to parliament

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... change will strengthen Australia's superannuation system and will help deliver a more secure retirement for millions of workers. "Workers will benefit from more frequent and earlier super contributions that will grow and compound over their working lives. ...

Australian Food Super to transition to age-based premiums

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... members to pay much more for cover. For insurance purposes, Australian Food Super members are categorised as either manual workers or office workers. For manual workers of all ages, the annual premium to date for life, TPD and income protection cover ...

APRA warns of super fund sustainability challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... necessarily concerning "as some funds may have strategic objectives to service a larger proportion of retirees compared to workers and a number of these funds have grown by gaining new members and receiving more money through rollovers". The fund with ...

Conscious IM delivers affordable housing solutions

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... superannuation fund to back the HAFF program. The properties have been intended to alleviate housing stress for local frontline workers, a community that reports 44% of renters experiencing housing stress, well above the state average. The turn-key homes ...

Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue': Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... by the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), with assistant secretary Jospeh Mitchell saying it would have drained workers' retirement savings. "It's good news for workers wanting to buy a home that the Coalition is walking away from its terrible ...

AXA IM Alts expands affordable housing strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... rental housing. The development will offer a 50:50 split of market-rate and affordable rental units, supporting key sectors workers to access quality housing close to their respective employment hubs, including the Victoria Police headquarters, the Royal ...

Chalmers opens Investor Front Door pilot

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... investment in transformational projects will make our economy more prosperous and productive and create opportunities for our workers and businesses and the Investor Front Door is an important part of that."

Australian Unity reveals profit turnaround

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... 30 June 2025 impacts individuals who critically need home care services and the sector's ability to recruit more care workers and deliver more critical care services." Australian Unity managing director Rohan Mead said he was pleased with the progress ...

Commonwealth Super names chief risk and compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... joining CSC, an organisation so clearly committed to supporting Australian public service and Australian Defence Force workers in preparing for and sustaining a comfortable retirement." Earlier this month, the $70 billion super fund was accused of ongoing ...

Unemployment falls, more women enter the workforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
... was up by 60,000 people, with a 36,000 person fall in part-time employment partly offsetting this rise. Female full-time workers grew by 40,000 while male full-time workers rose by 20,000. The female employment-to-population ratio and participation rate ...