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Study unveils state with largest superannuation gender gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... low income earners (most of whom are women) with an additional super contribution, and increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% will improve the situation. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said with an estimated 40% of single women retiring ...

Income only falls by 11% in retirement: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Grattan Institute has renewed calls to scrap the Superannuation Guarantee increase as its updated projections show most Australian workers will only cop - at worst - an 11% fall in their income after retiring. The think tank updated its retirement income ...

Superannuation bills on hold

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... Treasury Laws Amendment (2018 Superannuation Measures No 1) Bill 2018 This Bill included the 12-month superannuation guarantee amnesty for non-compliant employers. It aims to encourage employers to voluntarily disclose historical SG non-compliance and ...

Superannuation Guarantee continues to fail employees: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
A new study debunks the myth that blue-collar workers are the occupational group most likely not to receive their superannuation entitlements. Using ATO data from 2015/16, Mercer's Unsupered report reveals of the 397,900 salaried employees who are ...

Don't expect super favouritism: Bowen

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... elected Labor Government would make the universality of super a priority by gradually abolishing the $450 superannuation guarantee threshold, and ensuring women are paid SG on paid parental leave. "This isn't a panacea, but it's a significant step in ...

Qantas Super urges women take control of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... will remain low." ASFA supports several policies that could address this inequality including paying the superannuation guarantee on paid parental leave and other replacement payments, as it has been shown low super balances for women are associated ...

Regulators in Productivity Commission firing line

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... impact of superannuation on public finances, and the economic and distributional impacts of the $450 Superannuation Guarantee contributions threshold. The Commission wants the inquiry to be completed before any increase in the Superannuation Guarantee ...

New SG laws hit Senate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
New laws giving the ATO stronger powers to enforce superannuation guarantee obligations has progressed before the Senate. If the Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures No.4) Bill 2018 is passed, the Commissioner of Taxation will be able to issue a written ...

IFM Investors chair lays out priorities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... growing parts of its base. As the chair of Industry Super Australia, Combet stuck by the plan to increase superannuation guarantee to 12% from the current 9.5% which has contested been contested by Grattan Institute in the past. He reiterated that industry ...

Women in Super ramps up "Make Super Fair" campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... income earners, to better support those with inadequate retirement savings No further delay to scheduled superannuation guarantee (SG) increases* Pay SG on the government paid parental scheme* Remove the $450 monthly income threshold on SG contributions* ...