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Family-friendly fun in the City of Light this summer

Having played a significant role in the 2023 City of Lights series, Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill has stepped up again thanks to the generosity and keen support of Executive Chairman, Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, partnering on two of the City’s most popular events.“I am delighted that Hancock Prospecting has once again agreed to come on board as a naming right partner for this event.” The Hancock Prospecting City of Light Show will take place on 26 January 2024 at Langley Park in the City. Mr Zempilas said the City was also pleased to have Roy Hill as a presenting partner for its New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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Intergenerational Report: Experts say solution to age-old problem is to make us work longer

Business leaders, economists and seniors groups are urging Anthony Albanese to develop an ­ambitious blueprint aimed at encouraging older Australians to stay in the workforce for longer as a way to ease the growing tax burden on the young while the country’s population ages. The policy prescriptions include raising the pension age again, delaying when superannuation can be accessed, allowing people to work more hours without losing the aged pension, increasing training programs for older workers, and pushing for an end to age discrimination in the workforce.

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Older workers to be encouraged back into the workforce

One of the key messages from Treasury’s Intergenerational Report, released yesterday, is that Australia will have a dwindling pool of workers over the next 40 years as the population’s average age increases. The Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he wants to get older people working if they want to. But older workers say they face significant challenges to stay in the workforce. And advocates say it’s time to get rid of the bureaucratic redtape.

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Family-friendly fun in City of Light this summer

The City of Perth will be the place to be this New Year’s Eve and Australia Day 2024 thanks to a partnership with Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill. Having played a significant role in the 2023 City of Lights series, Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill has stepped up again thanks to the generosity and keen support of Executive Chairman, Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, partnering on two of the City’s most popular events. Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas said the free shows were wildly popular last summer and were expected to again be a hit with families and visitors alike.

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Ageing population sparks calls to cut senior workforce tax barriers

With the Australian population set to age, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) says the government needs to “remove unfair tax and red tape barriers stopping Australian pensioners, veterans, and students who want to work.” Research Fellow at the IPA Saxon Davidson told Oliver Peterson on Perth Live that Australia needs to emulate New Zealand where pensioners are not punished for working, “Leading surveys show that twenty per cent of pensioners would rejoin the workforce if these unfair barriers were removed.”

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Kamara steals the spotlight at Brisbane Fashion Festival

Since launching into the fashion scene, First Nation-owned and founded swimwear brand, Kamara, has had fashion enthusiasts, consumers and critics on the edge of their seats – and this week’s Brisbane fashion Festival presentation was again no different”. We’re thrilled to be back at Brisbane Fashion Month and to have been selected for the Hancock Prospecting Next Gen Group show,” said Kamara’s creative director, Naomi Collings. “It’s an honour to return to the Queensland runway, especially since we showcased our very first collection here in 2017. Brisbane Fashion Festival has always been a supporter of KAMARA, we’re ecstatic to partner again.”

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ROWING AUSTRALIA ANNOUNCES FOUR-YEAR FUNDING AGREEMENT WITH HANCOCK PROSPECTING

Hancock Prospecting, Australia’s leading mining and agricultural company, has renewed their Major Partnership with Rowing Australia – backing Australia’s rowers in their journey to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The four-year funding agreement will see Hancock Prospecting and Rowing Australia Patron Gina Rinehart continue to provide direct funding to elite athletes and enable them to have a laser-focus on chasing their dreams to represent our country to the best of their ability. Hancock’s and Rinehart’s relationship with Rowing Australia dates back to 2015 and has revolutionised the High-Performance program. The results were on show in Tokyo in 2021, when Australian rowers collected two Gold Medals and two Bronze Medals at the Olympic Games and a Silver Medal at the Paralympic Games.

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Army vets bring new risk focus

KIDNAP and ransom cover is not something most Western Australian businesses ever need to worry about. However, it provided the inspiration for Anthony Moorhouse when he developed a new kind of insurance tailored for small and medium enterprises. The policy is designed to help businesses operating in the local market deal with crisis situations. Mr Moorhouse believes his company, Biz-Assist, is the first to cover this type of risk.

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Let Pensioners Work

“Age-old problem needs future-proofing” is missing an important component in the worker shortage debate, the harsh treatment by the Federal Government of aged Australians and other pensioners who would otherwise like to continue working.Let’s look after our own better and remove the incomes test. Allow those pensioners who would like to, including veterans, contribute to the prosperity of us all. This initiative will assist with the current housing crisis and cost-of-living issues as well. | Dean Nalder

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