Archived News for Finance Sector Professionals - October, 2014
New South Wales Premier Mike Baird wants to overhaul the state's political donation system, in the same week that questions are raised about his own business links.
Hateful rate needs shifting now
A survey has found truly disturbing rates of violent attitudes towards women among everyday Australians.
Old Liberals regulate on mine money fight
A former Liberal Party leader and former Liberal prime minister have told their currently-serving colleagues to stay out of ANU’s business.
Top shonks get gong for bad business
The 2014 Shonky Awards for poor corporate practice have been handed-out, shining a light on shonkiness in industries from biscuits to banking.
Visa moves open door to moneyed migrants
The Federal Government is welcoming more investors and international workers, with changes to visa rules.
Drug-makers' doctor deals decried
Some doctors are working to end the links between GPs and big pharmaceutical companies, which are known to flood the industry with incentives to prescribe their products.
Industry to address ill-health of life insurance
Two big finance industry associations have joined forces to fix problems in Australia’s life insurance industry.
Kiwis could have keys to good reform
Australia could have much to learn from reforms to New Zealand’s higher education sector.
Water as new way to proper pay
The gender pay gap is smaller at corporations where the CEO has a daughter, so a new campaign has been launched to get more daughters for executives.
Brandis brings business into security fold
Attorney-General George Brandis is taking his enhanced security evangelism to the business community, with a series of meetings to see if the private sector backs his view.
Big uni drops seven stocks for poor green values
One big Australian university is getting rid of its investments in mining companies.
Miners might find little love in tax check
A Senate inquiry into alleged tax-dodging by multinational companies operating in Australia could be awkward for some mining bosses.
Big fund gets $600m cold feet over green power
Global fund managers have responded to the warnings from the renewable energy target review, seeing a write-down of Pacific Hydro for a few hundred million dollars.
RBA opens door to fixing house price
Economists say the soaring level of house approvals are great, but property prices will probably stay high.
Australia sleeping through dawn of digital money
Billions could be lost if the financial world does not embrace new technologies, one peak body has warned.
Prizes poised for undervalued count
Names have been put forward for an award to honour the top Women in Financial Services.
Study to find how bad apples rise
“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” - an old adage reinforced almost daily, but does the tendency for the vile to get ahead really exist?
Billions will swing on voters' whim
Politicians are playing a multi-billion dollar game of chicken in Victoria.
Hospitals hit in raid to turn over WA assets
West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has earmarked a set of sites to be sold in the Federal Government’s asset recycling scheme.
Two states' pokies laws move further apart
The ACT Government is introducing new laws to help reduce the toll pokies machines take on vulnerable gamblers, while Queensland seems to be heading the opposite way.