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Super on unpaid parental leave extended in Western Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
The Western Australian government will extend the payment of superannuation on unpaid parental leave to up to 24 weeks from 1 July 2024 for all WA public sector employees. The initiative is expected to cost up to $46 million over the next four years ...

Decade-long ban reduced for former adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
... they lived there. They then travelled to Perth to attend the AFL Grand Final and were shortly arrested by the Western Australian Police Force. From 11 March 2022, ASIC banned Babbage from providing financial services or engaging in credit activities ...

AZ NGA acquires stake in $1bn advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
AZ NGA will acquire an undisclosed stake in a Western Australian practice that has $1 billion in funds under advice. The Wealth Designers (TWD) is the latest addition to AZ NGA's stable, joining member firms McKinley Plowman, Wealthwise, and On-Track ...

Former adviser lands in jail

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... Financial Planning. ASIC cancelled Platinum Perpetual Global Private Wealth's AFSL in September 2019 after Western Australian police charged him with eight counts of stealing at the time. On September 22, Justice Lonsdale charged Sebo with 36 counts ...

CFOs look to hire in second half: Survey

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... financial officers foresee hiring freezes in the next six months. When it comes to the states, the survey found Western Australian businesses have slightly greater hiring ambitions than those in other Australian states, with 44% planning to expand headcounts ...

Gender super balance parity four decades away: ISA

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
... down under, women's super balances lags behind men, with the gender rift widest in Western Australia at 34%. Western Australian women also have the lowest median balance of just $45,500, followed by NSW $45,900. Women in the ACT have a comparatively ...

Job market strong despite looming recession: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... ambitions vary between states with some taking a more cautious approach to their hiring strategies: 41% of both Western Australian and Victorian employers plan on adding new permanent headcount in 2023 while only 35% of employers in Queensland and 25% ...

WA introduces new super laws for de facto couples

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022
Long-anticipated superannuation laws that allow de facto couples to split their super assets in the event of a relationship breakdown have finally passed in Western Australia. The Western Australia government said the new reform will mean the more than ...

Corporate advisor charged over $2m theft

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... he works for Brigg Macadam. The firm has made clear Torre has never been an employee or associate. Under the Western Australian Criminal Code, the maximum penalty for each offence of stealing is seven years' imprisonment and the maximum penalty for ...

Ord Minnett announces Perth office launch

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... November 2020, the wealth management group said it was the combination of both businesses that strengthened its Western Australian attachment. "The two businesses significantly strengthened Ords' presence and will provide the foundation of a long ...
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