HEF

• "The Upper Northwest D.C. Housing Preservation Project is an extension of Amazon Housing Equity Fund's commitment to ensuring equitable access to affordable housing in close proximity to transit," said Senthil Sankaran, managing principal of the Amazon Housing Equity Fund.
• American Housing is a real estate development firm specializing in workforce, affordable and market-rate transit-oriented development in Northwest Washington, D.C.
• "American Housing values Amazon Equity Fund's commitment to providing below market financing to secure long-term affordability in the most desirable neighborhoods of Washington D.C.," said Adam Lobene, founder and CEO of American Housing.
• To learn more about the Amazon Housing Equity Fund, please visit us here .

• NEW YORK, Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The anti-reflective coatings market size is expected to grow by USD 2.62 billion from 2022 to 2027.
• Growing demand for anti-reflective coatings in the solar industry is notably driving the anti-reflective coatings market.
• AccuCoat Inc: The company offers anti-reflective coatings such as high-efficiency broadband, narrowband, and dual-band anti-reflective optical coatings.
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  The aerospace coatings market size is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 7.1% between 2022 and 2027.

• IBAC did not find any “corrupt conduct” under the IBAC Act and no minister was directly involved.
• It casts important light on a growing threat to Australian parliamentary democracy: the exercise of public power by unaccountable ministerial advisors.

Operation Daintree

• The Operation Daintree report investigated a $1.2 million contract between the Victorian health department and the Health Education Federation (HEF) to provide occupational violence and aggression training to health workers.
• The contract was signed in the hours before Victoria’s government went into caretaker mode prior to the 2018 election (the government can’t sign contracts in caretaker mode).
• Despite having no relevant experience in this kind of training, HEF received this contract without a competitive tender process.

A threat to responsible government

• Operation Daintree details an emerging gap in this traditional form of democratic oversight and accountability: the rise of powerful ministerial advisors.
• Ministerial advisors are more powerful than ever at all levels of Australian government.
• For instance, former prime minister Tony Abbott’s chief of staff, Peta Credlin, was widely regarded as one of the powerful players in the federal government at the time.
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  'Sports rorts' shows the government misunderstands the public service

  This problem isn’t unique to Victoria.

Injecting accountability back into the system

• One option is expanding the Ministerial Staff Code of Conduct to cover more of their activities.
• But another vital reform is to shine more light on advisors.
• Parliament must hold ministers – including the prime minister or premier – responsible for the actions of their advisors.
• Overall, these reforms are critical in ensuring parliament is restored as the original integrity institution in Australian parliamentary democracy.

• The decision to propose the changes to the investment objectives follows an extensive review by the Manager of the ETFs.
• The Manager believes that it is in the best interests of the covered call ETFs and their unitholders to change the investment objectives of the ETFs.
• If the investment objective change is approved, the name of the ETF is expected to change to the Horizons Canadian Large Cap Equity Covered Call ETF.
• If the investment objective change is approved, the name of the ETF is expected to change to the Horizons Gold Producer Equity Covered Call ETF.