Archived News for Finance Sector Professionals - January, 2022
The architect of Queensland's crime and anti-corruption watchdog has been tasked with reviewing it.
Donation sources obscured
Visy magnate Anthony Pratt has topped the latest political donations list.
Fossil fuels drive prices
Data shows the higher cost of fossil fuels is driving wholesale power prices up.
Deloitte offers holiday switch
Deloitte is letting its UK staff take public holidays whenever they want.
Woodside to exit Myanmar
Woodside has withdrawn from Myanmar almost a year after the nation’s military coup.
Sims reflects on tenure
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) chair Rod Sims will soon leave his position.
Report shows power digs
New research shows new investment in the resource sector is overwhelmingly focused on electrification minerals.
MS buys embattled gamer
Microsoft is buying Activision in the video gaming industry's biggest deal yet.
Pezzullo warns of private spying
Tech firms are a bigger surveillance threat than government spies, a government figure has warned.
Grantham warns of 'super bubble'
One of the greatest forecasters in global economics sees a bubble about to burst.
Bendigo fights gambling harm
A Victorian council is looking to limit the damage caused by pokies machines.
Support cut at COVID peak
Social service advocates say the Federal Government has slashed a vital COVID-19 payment at the worst possible time.
AG questioned on class changes
The Attorney-General’s department has been questioned about the constitutionality of planned class action reform.
Billionaires win in global decline
Oxfam says “billionaires have had a terrific pandemic”, and is calling for changes to reduce inequality.