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Coalition appoints shadow assistant treasurer, financial services minister

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... replaces Stuart Robert as shadow assistant treasurer. "Luke understands that small business is the backbone of the Australian economy. He has previously run a family business before entering Parliament and has a strong understanding of the financial ...

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 ...

RBA appointments prompt debate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... with a whole lot of union officials with deep links to the Labor Party." Meanwhile, others applauded the decision. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) said it's been critical of the RBA and its board for its lack of understanding about ...

Super fund disclosure rules finalised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... criteria for these funds was to be invited to attend the summit, and how many of these funds donate to the Australian Labor Party and or make payments to unions.

Calls to pay super on parental leave grow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... for those aged under 35, this increases to 91%. Other organisations calling for the reform include Women in Super, Australian Women Lawyers Association, Early Childhood Australia, Australian Council of Social Service and Chief Executive Women. "Parental ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... again calling for superannuation to be voluntary for those on low incomes. "Superannuation is a significant failure of Australian economic policy," Bragg asserted. "It doesn't get many people off the pension; it costs the budget more than it saves and ...

Industry groups welcome Labor government

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... insurance premiums. The ICA's proposed $2 billion, five-year investment is projected to reduce financial costs to Australian governments and households by more than $19 billion by 2050. ICA chief executive Andrew Hall said: "The Insurance Council ...

Labor MP savages government's superannuation record

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
... given to him this morning by opposition leader Anthony Albanese, which was of stability and security, particularly for Australian retirees so that they can enjoy a dignified retirement. Lasered back to the government's perceived failings, Jones posited ...

APRA 'digging into' super fund contributions to unions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... hard to think of another policy which allows political and private interests to directly benefit at the expense of Australian workers." In this same release Bragg cited AEC data he manually compiled that asserted super funds had paid $40 million to Labor ...

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... plan, no family will be worse off, but almost all families will be better off. Making childcare cheaper will mean more Australian children get access to early education, giving them a great start in life," Albanese said. "And, crucially, cheaper childcare ...
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