Timed boost to dole payments to get workers through coronavirus crisis

Timed boost to dole payments to get workers through coronavirus crisis

Workers who lose their jobs in the coronavirus crisis will get access to a temporarily boosted dole payment as the government braces for job losses.

  • byDavid Crowe andJudith Ireland

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David Neal ditches Future Fund for IFM Investors

David Neal ditches Future Fund for IFM Investors

David Neal will leave his role at the helm of Australia's $166 billion sovereign wealth fund to take up the top job at IFM Investors from Brett Himbury.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
Australia needs to punch above its weight on carbon emissions
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Australia needs to punch above its weight on carbon emissions

The politics of climate change has come sharply back into focus and it's time for all politicians to rise above partisan divisions and unite to demand change.

  • byGreg Combet
Industry funds supremo flags ad campaign if super rise thwarted

Industry funds supremo flags ad campaign if super rise thwarted

Greg Combet said industry funds are"looking into"whether they should prepare an ad campaign in support of the rise in the super guarantee.

  • byJohn Collett
Time for super ceasefire,says Combet

Time for super ceasefire,says Combet

Australia's biggest industry superannuation funds have backed calls from the new minister to overhaul the sector before any increase in the amount of compulsory super paid by workers.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
'They should be accountable':Labor legend tells Shorten to face up to Industry Super

'They should be accountable':Labor legend tells Shorten to face up to Industry Super

Bill Kelty has warned the alternative prime minister he has a duty to protect workers'savings over the vested interests of"loud underperformers".

  • byEryk Bagshaw
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20 years on:The costs and lessons of the waterfront dispute

20 years on:The costs and lessons of the waterfront dispute

While times have changed,the man who unleashed the biggest industrial upheaval in recent Australian history warns a new'super-union'could again wield significant control over'key choke points in the economy'.

  • byNick Toscano&Anna Patty