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WA introduces new super laws for de facto couples

BY ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022 12:15PM

Long-anticipated superannuation laws that allow de facto couples to split their super assets in the event of a relationship breakdown have finally passed in Western Australia.

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