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Showing 101 - 110 of 424 results for "Superannuation Guarantee"

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... for the introduction of a plan formulated within the Liberal Party to dismantle super by scything the superannuation guarantee, ending the preferential tax treatment of super for low and middle income earners while safeguarding it for the wealthy few ...

Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... unpopular and thus "difficult to introduce", Rice said issues such as whether the nation can afford the superannuation guarantee to rise from 9.5% to 12% on schedule and the system's ongoing preferential tax treatment, which he expects will be resolved ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
A debate over the adequacy of the superannuation guarantee has kicked off the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, which is now being delivered online. Having been called off like many other events thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Australian ...

Stimulus is finite: Prime Minister

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... also briefly asked about superannuation and said that the idea of freezing the planned increase to the superannuation guarantee had not been raised with him and it was not something the government is currently considering.

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... said part of the purpose of the job keeper payment was take some pressure off Centrelink. "There is no superannuation guarantee on this payment," Morrison confirmed. Frydenberg said employers who have been forced to shut up shop as a result of COVID-19 ...

Early release better than SG freeze

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... from superannuation allowance is higher than historic withdrawals, but a better option than freezing the superannuation guarantee. Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday announced Australians will be able to withdraw up to $10,000 from their superannuation ...

Take pride in super: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... more wealth for their retirement than they could under other regimes?" The firm said that without the superannuation guarantee, people would initially have more disposable income to spend, but noted that according to behaviour in other nations, most ...

ANU to help determine fate of SG increase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... University (ANU) has been selected by the Morrison government to analyse whether wages will be harmed if the superannuation guarantee is increased to 12%. Robb Preston, manager of Treasury's retirement income policy division, told the Senate Estimates ...

Grattan calls for lower super fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... after it said a reduction in fees charged to super members would be more impactful than an uplift in the superannuation guarantee, and that ASFA's comfortable retirement standard was not suitable for most Australians. In its submission, the researcher ...

Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... robust age pension, while ANU riled the industry super lobby by labelling the case for increasing the superannuation guarantee as "tenuous". University of New South Wales associate professor Anthony Asher says some submissions are missing the point of ...