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Investors eye opportunities in Housing Australia Future Fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023  |  NEWS
... support the development of social and affordable housing in conjunction with private investment. After negotiation in the Senate with crossbench senators, particularly the Green Party, the government was able to secure the votes to pass the legislation ...

Australia not ready for sustainability benchmarks, consultants warn

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... formulate or enforce corporate sustainability reporting in Australia," Elkhishin said. "The amendments are still before the senate... we are yet to see an exposure draft. "Without new legislation, Australia cannot develop, issue or enforce corporate ...

Stakeholders weigh in on Nature Repair Market bill

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
... support and reservations over how a legislative framework for market-led biodiversity recovery would attract capital. The Senate Standing Committee on Environment and Communications received 75 submissions on the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 and Nature ...

California considers bill to force fossil fuel divestment for CalPERS, CalSTRS

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023  |  NEWS
... the California pension funds to divest from existing investments before 2030, passed its first committee hearing in the Senate Committee for Labor, Public Employment and Retirement. Four Senate committee members referred the bill to the Judiciary Committee ...

The four-day work week - will it work?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2023  |  NEWS
... time when approximately 250,000 Australians are part of the gig economy and over 30% of the workforce are in the trades. A Senate committee inquiry recently recommended a national trial of the four-day week in Australia, proposing that the Fair Work ...

HESTA pushes legal alignment to UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2022  |  NEWS
... Australasia (RIAA) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors were among organisations that made a submission to a Senate Inquiry into the application of UNDRIP in Australia. The inquiry is examining the potential of enacting UNDRIP in Australia ...

Ratification of Forced Labour Protocol to impact Modern Slavery Act

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022  |  NEWS
... take positive steps to eradicate modern slavery," the ban on goods produced by forced labour that has been passed by the Senate but not the House of Representatives, and remediation for victims of modern slavery. There have been calls for the federal ...

Proxy adviser reforms overturned by Senate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022  |  NEWS
The Senate has overturned proxy advice reforms announced at the end of last year, three days after the new regime had begun. On a vote of 29 votes to 25, the Senate disallowed the new regulations that were announced by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in December ...

Earth Day brings tidings of climate change commitments

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021  |  NEWS
... continued low natural gas prices, infrastructural obstacles and potential pushback from Republicans in a highly divided Senate. "We believe the Biden administration's key challenge will be maximizing the incentives to scale advanced and knowledge-intensive ...

Climate change, SDG impacts of US election

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
... their transition teams and assembling the future cabinet. The Republican Party looked on track to retain control of the Senate, while the Democratic Party retained control of the House, with precise numbers of the party splits still being settled. Biden ...