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Marked Territory
If the mountain of pre-publicity is indicative of its content, the Latham Diaries will read a little bit like a sausage cookbook; full of grisley details about the makings of something we would rather take on face value.
Interview: Polar Eclipse
Academic David McKnight challenges some sacred cows in his new book "Beyond Left and Right".
Industrial: Wrong Turn
Radical labour reform is on the horizon but some workers, like Sydney bus driver Yvonne Carson, have seen it all before, writes Jim Marr.
Unions: Star Support
It wasn't just families who backed workers' rights at The Last Weekend, but a bunch of musicians who set the tone, writes Chrissy Layton.
Workplace: Checked Out
Glenda Kwek asks you to consider the plight of the retail worker, and shares some of her experiences
Economics: Sold Out
The Future Fund and industrial relations reform are favourite projects of the PM and the Treasurer. Both are speculations on the future and the only guarantee with them is that you will be worse off, writes Neale Towart.
Politics: Green Banned
The impact of new building industry laws won�t be confined to one industry, writes CFMEU national secretary John Sutton.
History: Potted History
Lithgow is a place with a proud history as a union town. The origins of broader community solidarity lie in the early industrial development of the town and the development of unions. The Lithgow Pottery dispute of 1890 was a key event.
International: Curtain Call
The curtains have opened for East Timor�s young theatre performers, thanks to a Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA project.
Review: Little Fish
At last! An Aussie film with substance, suspense and a serious dose of reality, writes Lucy Muirhead
Poetry: Slug A Worker
In a shock development, the Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, gave a ringing endorsement to the poetry pages of Workers Online, writes resident bard David Peetz.
Flexibility - Bush Rates Slashed
Seamen Marooned on Tassie
Families Win Refuge in Tamworth
Catholics Nail Andrews' Heresy
IR Changes a Beach
Drama Queen Applies Gloss
Peace a Security Threat
OEA Flicks Fraud Case
Auto Workers Drive Union Win
Bush Adds Insult to Injuries
Job Vandals Cash In
Lib Heads Witch Hunt
Sydney Water Damned
Super Blue Warms Up
Activist's What's On!
The Soapbox
Families First
New Senator Stephen Fielding turned a few heads with his Maiden Speech to Parliament. The Locker Room
The New World Order
Phil Doyle declares himself unavailable for the fifth and deciding test. Parliament
The Westie Wing
Our favourite MP, Ian West, reports from the NSW Government's Safety Summit Postcard
On The Bus
A bright orange bus travelling the state has become the focus of the campaign against federal IR changes. Nathan Brown was on board.
Dinosaurs Bite Back
Killer Culture
Who Cares?
Do the Bus Stop
A Touch of Honesty
Boss Made Me Sick
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News
Super Blue Warms Up
For-profit super funds are dodging a challenge to come clean over low-fee claims and conduct a public audit of their costs and charges.
The call came from industry super funds following private enterprise competitors claims that the actual fees they charged were lower than those they advertised.
At a time when for-profit super funds and their industry counterparts are battling it out to manage retirement nest eggs, comparisons have shown industry funds provide the greatest returns.
Superannuation research companies Rainmaker Information and Super Ratings have shown industry super funds to consistently outperform profit-driven master trusts, delivering more money to members in every industry.
According to Super Ratings the average industry superfund returned 5.5 percent per year, almost double the amount offered by retail funds and master trusts.
But master trusts have pooh-poohed the findings on the grounds that the fees published in disclosure statements can be negotiated down.
In response to calls for a public audit, representatives from the for-profit side of the industry, the Investment and Financial Services Association, says existing disclosure regulations are sufficient.
Figures from Super Ratings showed that in the five years to June 30, each of Australia's top 10 performing schemes was an industry fund.
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