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Private sector pushes for NZ modern slavery law

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... signatories said. Australian Human Rights Institute director Justine Nolan recently said while the current Australian Modern Slavery Act raises awareness in educating people on the problem but falls short in following through and being effective. She ...

James Hardie hit with class action over performance disclosures

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... deceptive conduct and breached its continuous disclosure obligations, in contravention of relevant sections of the Corporations Act 2001 and ASX listing rules. Jamies Hardie said it considers it has at all times complied with the disclosure requirements ...

Grattan warns Australia must plan for a future with less gas

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
Australia needs to stop assuming gas will remain a permanent feature of the energy system and begin actively managing its decline, according to new research from the Grattan Institute. In a report, Out of Gas: Managing the decline of gas in Australia ...

TNFD, King Charles' A4S launch new guide on nature-related issues

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
King Charles' Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have joined forces to release a new guide to help executives make better financial decisions when it comes to nature-related impacts ...

Pension funds urged to measure and communicate broader social value

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... Group co-plead Gareth Gibbins said. "This Blueprint gives pension funds a practical, structured path to recognize that role, act on it, and measure it, without stepping outside their fiduciary mandate." The framework is built around three stages. The ...

ART to employ more First Nations members into its workforce

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has launched its second Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP), highlighting initiatives the super fund will complete by the end of 2028, including setting up a First Nations workforce target. The Innovate RAP builds ...

What does a world with 'zero migration' look like?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
Oxford Economics has hypothesised an extreme scenario of "zero migration" globally and found while destination economies, mostly advanced, would see significant declines in output per capita, origin economies would have modest gains as retained labour ...

$50k a minute: Billionaire wealth boom highlights inequality in Australia

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
Australia's billionaires increased their collective wealth by $25.67 billion over the past year, which is equivalent to almost $50,000 per minute according to new analysis by Oxfam Australia. Drawing on the 2026 Australian Financial Review Rich ...

SEC to ditch climate disclosure rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
... proposed in 2022 under the Biden administration. Two years later, the SEC approved amendments to the rules under the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934, mandating public companies to disclose detailed information on climate-related ...

ARENA backs major expansion of vehicle-to-grid trial

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed an additional $13.6 million to expand a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project led by Amber Electric, in a move aimed at accelerating the adoption of EVs as flexible energy assets and strengthening ...