Centre for Australian Progress Competitors

Over 40 years ago, a great idea was born—that an investment firm should operate solely in the interests of all investors to give them the best chance of success. In 1975, John "Jack" Bogle launched a bold experiment: an investment company that was designed to make money for its investors, not from them. He structured Vanguard in the US to be owned by its funds, with no external shareholders all profits would be reinvested in the business and returned to fund investors in the form of lower costs. Through an investment philosophy based on fairness and transparency that great idea grew and grew. And as we’ve grown, we’ve continually reduced our costs and passed the savings back to investors. In 1996 the idea made its way to Australia. And we’ve been changing the way Australians invest ever since by providing low-cost, high-value investments to help you keep more of your returns. - In Australia we partner with institutional clients, financial advisers and individual investors to offer low-cost investment solutions. Our comprehensive range of managed funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and tailored investment solutions are built to support long-term investment success for our clients.

At Oxfam we believe all lives are equal and no-one should live in poverty. We join forces with people who share this belief, to empower communities to build better lives for themselves. That’s why we are there on the ground, not only to save lives in times of crisis, but also to develop lasting solutions. Our work spans wide because there are many causes of poverty. That’s why we’re also in front of decision-makers, governments and corporations, and speak out on the big issues. Together we are tackling poverty by changing minds, systems and lives.

We are Australia’s national workplace relations tribunal and registered organisations regulator. Our work directly impacts on millions of Australians every day and the systems we contribute to creating and maintaining are essential to the prosperity and wellbeing of our society. We play a significant role in setting the national minimum conditions of employment and resolving disputes in workplaces. We also aim to support simple, fair and flexible workplace relations through exercising powers under the Fair Work Act. Our organisation consists of Members and Australian Public Service (APS) staff. Members are independent statutory appointees who perform a quasi-judicial role. They make legally binding decisions as part of their role. Our work includes: • The safety net of minimum wages and employment conditions • Dispute resolution • Enterprise bargaining • Industrial action • Registered organisations • Anti-bullying • Termination of employment When you interact with our social media pages, you are taken to have agreed to our user policy. We may change this policy at any time. This policy applies in addition to the terms of service on LinkedIn. See https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/legal-and-freedom-information/social-media-terms-use. We reserve the right to enforce this policy at our discretion. This includes the right to remove, ignore, hide, or delete posts and comments, ban users, or close comment sections if the content does not comply with our user policy. We recommend you use discretion on our social media pages. Making comments on social media about your employer and your workplace – even if you don’t name names – can also be against the terms of your employment contract. Please respect the privacy of others. As an independent tribunal, we cannot provide you with legal advice. We do not answer questions or provide comment about individual cases on social media. If you require help, please contact us. See: https://www.fwc.gov.au/about-us/contact-us.