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Cbus answers CFMEU leak allegations

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2014
... under certain circumstances, followingA reports that it improperly supplied members' contact details to the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU). However, Cbus did not directly address the veracity of the allegations presented in an ...

NZ Super sells forestry stake to iwi group

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2014
... The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) has sold a 2.5% stake in Kaingaroa Timberlands, New Zealand's largest forestry business, to a collective of six iwi organisations. NZ Super remains the largest stakeholder in the business, with a 38.75% ...

MyState appoints new chairman

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... of public companies Ruralco Holdings, Wentworth Holdings, HMA and Gibsons and was a director of Impact Fertilisers and Forestry Tasmania. Mike Vertigan leaves the company in a very strong position, and on behalf of my fellow directors, staff, and shareholders ...

Elders to axe 10% of workforce

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2013
... million and its net debt is $272 million, of which $166 million is debtor securitisation. Elders has also wound-down its forestry assets and has agreed to reduce from 25% to 10% its equity holding in underwriting agency Elders Insurance. Elders Limited ...

Gunns chair pleads guilty to insider trading

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2013
John Gay, the former chairman of forestry company Gunns Limited, has pleaded guilty to insider trading. In December 2009, Gay sold 3.4 million shares in Gunns when he had inside information that the company's was faring poorly. When the company's half-year ...

NZ Super sells forestry assets to Chinese state owned company

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2013
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZSF) has sold a portfolio of 11 forestry blocks in New Zealand's North Island to a Chinese state owned logging group. NZSF general manager of investments, Matt Whineray said selling the forest blocks would enable ...

Hamilton prepares counter-bid for Elders forestry scheme

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2013
... agricultural investment scheme managed by Elders in Western Australia. Elders is under financial pressure to offload the forestry assets and has agreed a $70 million deal with Santanol Pty Ltd. For the deal to go through Hamilton executive director Giles ...

CBUS investments in CMFEU sights

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2012
... broader economy - funds will have to confront more intense stakeholder scrutiny. The CMFEU's (Construction Mining and Forestry Union) Victorian branch is involved in a bitter dispute with the Grocon Building group over employee pay and conditions. The ...

Greens plan to fell Westpac-backed logging

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2012
... The Greens also used the motion to call on the Government to engage with Westpac on ending links with Solomon Islands forestry in addition to conducting an investigation into illegal forestry practices impacting the nation's industry. "Westpac promotes ...

Unions, AIST hit back at Abbott comments

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... union officials that have no corporate governance experience. Michael O'Connor, national secretary for the Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) said Abbott was fuelling his short-term political agenda and threatening millions of Australians' ...