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Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... option, for example, had as much as $2.5 million in Honeywell, $1 million in Lockheed and as little as $60,000 in Elbit. Australian Retirement Trust, Equip Super and Catholic Super, Mine Super and TWUSUPER all had holdings in three or more of the five ...

Boards unprepared for new workplace laws: Research

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... meet new workplace sexual harassment laws introduced this week. Effective December 12, the Australian Human Rights Commission is now enforcing the Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act, requiring companies to prevent sexual harassment in the ...

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
... If there were government intervention, the consultation also asks whether it be ASIC or the Australian Human Rights Commission that be given responsibility for overseeing and enforcing obligations related to the use of genetic testing in life insurance. ...

Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... armed conflicts currently underway in the world. Fauve Kurnadi, a legal adviser on international humanitarian law at Australian Red Cross, noted the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement's extreme concern about the escalation of armed violence ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... slavery and wider human rights impacts are not limited to one country, but a global problem, and a risk facing many Australian companies through their extended supply chain. Baptist World Aid has released its 2022 Ethical Fashion Report, examining the ...

Actuary of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... Data Analytics Committee, chair of the Institute Working Group for the collaboration with the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) and a member of the General Insurance Practice Committee. He has also served as chair of the Actuaries Institute's ...

Systemic disadvantages create retirement insecurity: HESTA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022
... standards for the survival, dignity and well-being of the Indigenous peoples around the world. The Australian Human Rights Commission says the declaration is particularly significant because "Indigenous peoples, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait ...

Taxpayer Bill of Rights recommended

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue has recommended that the Australian Tax Office develop a Bill of Rights for taxpayers. The committee made 19 recommendations in response to the Commissioner of Taxation's Annual ...

Companies failing harassment victims: ACSI

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... AMP Capital in Australia. Kate Jenkins, Australian sex discrimination commissioner for the Australian Human Rights Commission, said Szlakowski's story highlights several of the systematic failures to properly address sexual harassment that exist within ...

ASX200 sexual harassment transparency needed: ACSI

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... report, Equality across the board: Investing in workplaces that work for everyone, was undertaken by the Australian Human Rights Council (AHRC) and commissioned by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI). Most respondents reported that ...
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