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Philanthropic donations under scrutiny

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024  |  NEWS
... Party of Australia received $1.9m and spent $1.91 during the campaign, the Nationals spent $572,947, while the Australian Labor Party spent $684,936. The Greens appear not to have made any donations. There is a distinction between a referendum-related ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024  |  NEWS
... superannuation contributions will be made by the government alongside parental leave payments, effective 1 July 2025. That is, if Labor is successful at the next federal election, expected to take place in May next year. The measure is expected to benefit ...

AXA IM warns companies on climate lobbying

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024  |  NEWS
... analysis, which assessed the climate policy engagement of Australia's leading companies and industry associations during the Labor Government's first year in office, also found evidence of a clear discrepancy between the positive top-line climate ...

Podcast: Banking on the future with Australia's green bank

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance markets. The paper covers a range of activities that have been put in place since Anthony Albanese's Labor government came to power in May 2022, with further activities across regulators, legislation and industry outlined. As ...

COP28: Australia commits $150m to Pacific resilience

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2023  |  NEWS
... the impacts of climate change, and be compensated for losses and damages they've incurred as a result. "We urge the Labor Government to shape regional and global climate responses by committing an additional $700 - $990 million to the Green Climate ...

Treasury spruiks CEFC role in sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance markets. The paper covers a range of activities that have been put in place since Anthony Albanese's Labor government came to power in May 2022, with further activities across regulators, legislation and industry outlined. As ...

New Forests to sell NZ assets

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
Global nature-based real assets manager New Forests is selling four of its New Zealand forestry assets. The four estates, located across New Zealand's North and South Islands, are being sold as the fund manager completes the term of the second round ...

Treasury launches sustainable finance strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... sustainable finance markets. The paper covers a range of activities that have been put in place since Anthony Albanese's Labor government came to power in May 2022, with further activities across regulators, legislation and industry outlined. "This ...

VIC SEC is back with $1 billion renewable target

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023  |  NEWS
... generation to support 2.6 gigawatts of renewable generation and storage assets by 2028. In addition, the SEC will take over the Labor government's Victorian Renewable Energy Target projects by 2025. This will amount to 1.2 gigawatts of renewable energy ...

NSW Anti-slavery commissioner raises alarm on ASX risk

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
... This collaborative group has developed a tool for analysing forced labour risk within company operations called the Forced Labor Open Risk Estimation Tool (FLORET). "Firms on the ASX have a higher level of forced labour risk in their operations than ...
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