Donations cap to foil billionaire influence
Labor is closing in on a deal for a suite of electoral reforms that would set a cap on how much an individual such as Clive Palmer could donate to political parties to $600,000 a year.
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Cbus chief Kristian Fok has blamed a delay in death and disability payments on the Japanese-owned company the industry superannuation fund has outsourced to administer claims.
Cbus members risk being forced to contribute to fund’s fines
Thousands of members face the prospect of their life savings being used to pay millions of dollars in penalties for the alleged mishandling of money owed to grieving families and disabled people, as Labor stood by the fund’s chairman Wayne Swan.
‘Trade summit matters to ordinary Aussies’
A meeting of world leaders in Peru this week will be a significant opportunity for millions of Australians whose jobs rely on global trade, Anthony Albanese says.
Privacy bill a class-action threat: business
Labor warned businesses across Australia would become the target of crippling class actions in response to data breaches under reforms to the privacy act being proposed by the Albanese government.
‘Inappropriate to weigh in’: Chalmers coy on Cbus as super fund prepares to face grilling
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has broken his silence after charges were filed against the Wayne Swan-chaired fund, amid confirmation its chief executive will front a Senate committee tomorrow.
‘Musk and mate won’t stop social media ban’
Anthony Albanese has blasted concerns his government’s agenda on tackling social media harms faces opposition from Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues.
Border concerns as boat sneaks in
The incident was described by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as the 23rd boat arrival and the latest to go undetected by Border Force.
Change the date! WA cooks up an election scheme to avoid being burned
Premier Roger Cook is investigating moving the fixed date of WA’s next election to avoid an anti-incumbent wave hitting him before Anthony Albanese.
Australia’s Pacific Island snub risks blindsiding Albanese
Labor is leaving itself open to being ‘surprised’ by China’s growing influence in Solomon Islands by declining to meet with its former premier and anti-Beijing politician Daniel Suidani.
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