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Super on PPL a drop in the ocean

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... fight over something so trivial." Rainmaker data reveals if a woman takes five years out of the workforce to look after children or care for family it will cost a hefty $20,000 per year. "Your superannuation balance will be about 20,000 less than what ...

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... financial entity, Levy argued that members should be able to obtain meaningful advice from their super fund providers. "[My children] joined a super fund and all being well, it's serving their needs and purpose. They'll be there till they're ...

Government housing measures progress

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... improvement of housing in remote Indigenous communities, $100 million for crisis and transitional housing options for women and children impacted by family and domestic violence and older women at risk of homelessness. As well as, $30 million to build ...

Government progresses social housing measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
... housing in remote Indigenous communities ($200m), establishing crisis and transitional housing options for women and children impacted by family and domestic violence and older women at risk of homelessness ($100m), and building housing and other services ...

Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... wages, is one of the ways we can reduce the impact on retirement savings from time taken out of the workforce to care for children. This is particularly important for women, who are still retiring with 30 per cent less super than men," she said. "The ...

Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... addressing the motherhood penalty. "Women suffer the consequences of reduced super when taking time off work to care for children," it explained. "This is inequitable and disproportionally unfair." Modelling by the fund highlights the positive impact ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
Amid a year of economic turbulence and soaring inflation, Financial Standard's most read stories reveal attention was once again focused on the evolving superannuation sector. The worst performing super products and funds underscore the majority ...

The great wealth transfer at risk: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... calls into question whether they have the skills to ensure they are able to pass a similar inheritance on to their own children." When it comes to receiving financial advice, less than half of young respondents said that they were open to using a financial ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... service delivery. The fund will provide 20,000 new social housing dwellings, 4000 of which will be allocated to women and children impacted by family violence and older women at risk of homelessness. A further 10,000 dwellings will be provided for frontline ...

Chalmers delivers on childcare

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... families. Labor's "game-changing" investment for families will increase the paid hours worked by women with young children by up to 1.4 million hours a week in the first year alone, Charmers said. "That's the equivalent of 37,000 extra full-time ...