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Cbus scolded over 'most galling conflict' in super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... spotlighting Wayne Swan's dual roles as Labor Party president and Cbus chair. Bragg highlighted newly released Freedom of Information documents that indicated Cbus has been lobbying for changes to the government's Housing Australia Future Fund ...

Mayfair 101 accuses ASIC of "suspicious" conduct over FOIs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
Mayfair 101 says ASIC has rejected seven Freedom of Information requests in relation to its investigation into the private equity firm, one within six hours of its receipt. The embattled group said the first FOI request was made on June 20, followed ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... sales. This is deterring public entities from including ESG matters in their decision making, and curtailing freedom of information and freedom of expression. Australians "should not underestimate this as a very important issue", Reynolds said. "If US ...

Super fund disclosure rules finalised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... will stand for transparency and integrity in compulsory superannuation. Separately, Bragg wrote to the Freedom of Information coordinator, seeking access to information on how super funds were chosen to attend the government's Jobs and Skills Summit. ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... disclose exact values of directly held assets. The Investment Funds Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 amends the Freedom of Information Act to provide a partial exemption for documents handled by the Future Fund Board and Agency related to its investment ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... each of the 6.8 million people depending on local government pension funds across the UK. Derived from Freedom of Information requests, the research shows the pension funds for Greater Manchester, Strathclyde, West Yorkshire, and West Midlands account ...

AustralianSuper breached member's privacy: Regulator

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Hampton. The OAIC is the national regulator for privacy and freedom of information that sits in the Attorney General's portfolio.

Clive Palmer ramps up calls for Shipton's head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... review into the matter, but has not resigned. Palmer has previously claimed that ASIC is refusing to release freedom of information material on Shipton and has called for an inquiry into ASIC itself. "James Shipton is being paid almost 20 times the average ...

Government ignored ASIC over LIC carve-out

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
Documents released under Freedom of Information laws reveal the government ignored ASIC's advice to not create a carve-out for LICs and LITs in the Future of Financial Advice conflicted commission ban. According to documents published last week under ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... won't do much for women's lower superannuation balances. February documents released by the Treasury under freedom of information last week show its thinking on the issue. The retirement income policy division posed and answered the question: "Won't ...
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