The tangled web that links big unions and Labor to the $3.9 trillion super sector

The tangled web that links big unions and Labor to the $3.9 trillion super sector

Some of the largest and most powerful players in the Australian economy have connections to unions and the Labor Party in their DNA.

  • byJames Massola

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Cbus scandal revives ghosts of banking royal commission

Cbus scandal revives ghosts of banking royal commission

The allegations against one of the country’s biggest superannuation funds is politically explosive and hugely embarrassing for one of the so-called gamekeepers of governance.

  • byElizabeth Knight
Super giant apologises for ‘unacceptable’ insurance delays

Super giant apologises for ‘unacceptable’ insurance delays

Appearing before a Senate inquiry on Thursday morning,Cbus chief executive Kristian Fok was grilled on a litany of scandals engulfing the embattled fund.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey
Super funds warned over delays in assessing life insurance claims

Super funds warned over delays in assessing life insurance claims

ASIC believes the scale of alleged failings at $94-billion super fund Cbus are a broader industry issue,and it’s flagged there could be more “enforcement action to follow”.

  • bySumeyya Ilanbey andClancy Yeates
No trumpets for salesman Jim Chalmers

No trumpets for salesman Jim Chalmers

Armed with a slogan,the treasurer has to sell a minor surplus to a rattled nation.

  • byTony Wright
Dutton the wrecker:that’s the label he risks being stuck with
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Energy

Dutton the wrecker:that’s the label he risks being stuck with

Opposing for opposition’s sake worked for Tony Abbott,but the times - and the terms - are vastly different for Peter Dutton.

  • byGeorge Megalogenis
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Labor election review finds vulnerabilities and ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’

Labor election review finds vulnerabilities and ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’

An internal review identified Queensland as a key vulnerability for Labor,which must win seats there to hold power for the long term.

  • byDavid Crowe
Swan rattles the can for Labor
Opinion
CBD

Swan rattles the can for Labor

Labor’s national president is begging true believers for cash,as the party tries to firm up its coffers post-election.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
It’s not easy but new treasurer must come up with some solution to nation’s problems

It’s not easy but new treasurer must come up with some solution to nation’s problems

Labor is now in government,not in opposition. It cannot merely point out the nation’s problems,it has to find solutions too.

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Rocking the suburbs:Labor’s plan to win back City Hall

Rocking the suburbs:Labor’s plan to win back City Hall

Labor hasn’t held led Brisbane City Council since 2004. But Opposition Leader Jared Cassidy believes there is a mood for change.

  • byCloe Read
‘We have nowhere to go’:Heartache as WA border stays shut

‘We have nowhere to go’:Heartache as WA border stays shut

NSW residents separated from loved ones in Western Australia have been left devastated by Premier Mark McGowan’s decision to back out of the state’s reopening plan.

  • byDaniella White