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Pay gap bill passes, effective next year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... over will need to report their gender pay gap from next year, following the passing of an equality bill in federal parliament. The government yesterday passed its Gender Pay Gap Bill which will enable half a million Australian employees to access their ...

Casey Thompson joins First Super board

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... manufacturing division. She has worked in a variety of compliance, audit, and communications roles, including in the federal parliament. Prior to becoming a full director, Thompson was a First Super associate director, appointed in January 2021. Thompson ...

AustralianSuper PYS fee under scrutiny again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... legislative reform, designed to produce better outcomes for super fund members, was causing a fee increase. "The Federal Parliament had passed laws around insurance and some other matters, effectively designed to reduce fees for members and this fund ...

Commonwealth Super names new chief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... an APRA and ASIC regulated organisation, and has responsibilities and accountabilities to the government and Federal Parliament as a statutory corporation."

ScoMo launches $17b stimulus package

ALLY SELBY, ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... so the livelihoods of all Australians are protected." The stimulus measures will need to be approved by the federal parliament before they are legislated. The next parliamentary sitting is March 23. Morrison said he is willing to inject more fiscal stimulus ...

Grandfathered commissions ban passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
The legislation that will end grandfathered commissions has passed both houses of federal parliament. Under the reforms, the benefit of any conflicted remuneration payable under a contract must be passed on to the client. The Treasury Laws Amendment ...

NZ Super responds to Australian social media laws

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2019
... whistleblowing of atrocities here and overseas have been put at risk by the ill-informed livestream laws passed by the Federal Parliament." "The Law Council is disappointed and concerned these 'world-first laws', which were rammed through in 24 hours ...

CCIV consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... which include Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand without too much red tape. In June 2018, both houses of Federal Parliament passed the Asia Region Funds Passport bill. The bill amends the Corporations Act 2001 to implement the passport.

Independent planning firm jumps into agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
... that comes with direct exposure to agricultural markets," Sackett said. The launch of the fund comes as the Federal Parliament investigates superannuation investment in Australia's agricultural sector, with a house standing committee accepting submissions ...

Aussie funds to access Asian markets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018
Both houses of Federal Parliament yesterday passed the Asia Region Funds Passport (ARFP) bill that will open up Asian markets for Australian financial services companies. The legislation was tabled in late March. Wealth management industry data manager ...
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