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The Coalition is going to target one of the government’s signature housing policies, its build-to-rent tax concessions.

Coalition picks its first fight with Labor – on housing ‘nightmare’

After a federal election dominated by housing policy, the Coalition’s first move is to try to reverse a tax incentive that the building industry believes will ease the rental squeeze.

  • Shane Wright

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There can be nothing Jim Chalmers will hear next month that he could not have learned from company reports and a friendly meeting with the ACTU.

Unity push ahead of Chalmers’ economic summit

With the three-day roundtable a month away, Labor is rushing to form a written agenda with themes and policy areas to guide the talks.

  • Paul Sakkal
Liberal senator Hollie Hughes has slammed Angus Taylor as a shadow treasurer.

Angus Taylor, Donald Trump blamed for Coalition’s devastating defeat

Liberal senator Hollie Hughes has ripped into shadow treasurer Angus Taylor, saying he is incapable of leading the party.

  • Olivia Ireland and Daniel Lo Surdo
A decade-old secret review by former ACCC chairman Graeme Samuel into Cbus was released on Monday.

Secret report reveals super fund’s cosy culture with CFMEU

A review into the culture of the construction industry super fund, commissioned in 2015, has finally seen the light, and it says the fund was too closely linked to the disgraced CFMEU.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Stephen Jones says superannuation funds continue to fall short of “where we need to go”.

Labor sets clock ticking on super funds after death payout scandal

Grieving family members would get faster access to the superannuation of deceased loved ones under mandatory standards the Albanese government plans to introduce if re-elected.

  • Millie Muroi
MUFG chief executive Vivek Bhatia.

Company blamed for Cbus insurance delays hits back

Cbus has partially blamed administration platform MUFG for delays in paying out life insurance claims. The group’s CEO hit back on Friday.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
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Cbus, chaired by Wayne Swan (left), was unable to demonstrate its controversial relationship with the CFMEU (pictured right, former Victorian CFMEU secretary John Setka) was in members’ best financial interest.

Senate committee orders Wayne Swan to explain ‘discrepancies’

Cbus’ chair will be asked to clarify “gaping holes” in his testimony last week following the release of an independent inquiry examining corporate governance failures at the fund.  

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Wayne Swan appeared before a Senate committee on Friday morning.

Wayne Swan defends controversial CFMEU appointments to Cbus board

The super giant’s chairman was hauled before a Senate committee, where he was grilled over the governance failings engulfing the embattled fund.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Wayne Swan gives evidence to the Senate economics references committee on Friday.

Wayne Swan is ‘happy to be here’ at the Senate grilling he tried to avoid

He looked about as thrilled as Johnny Depp and Amber Herd in the 2016 “hostage video” delivered after they smuggled their dogs Pistol and Boo into Australia.

  • Matthew Knott
Cbus chairman Wayne Swan has blasted critics of industry super funds.

Former treasurer Wayne Swan hauled to inquiry over super scandal

Anti-superannuation Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg will question Swan in a hearing over allegations Cbus mishandled $20 million of payouts.

  • Paul Sakkal

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