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Australians retiring young despite rising life expectancy

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... of health than the majority of OECD countries, the report's modelling found that nearly half (48%) of 40-54 Australian workers "in very good health" will likely "see a decline to fair or poor health by 2035." "The good news is that Australians are living ...

Actuaries say super taxes need to be reviewed

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2015
... that will halt the obvious and perplexing discrepancies that are emerging in current policy and which are confusing many workers and retirees." Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees, Tom Garcia, said government financial support to retirement ...

Super non-compliance endemic: ATO

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2015
... sectors for non-compliance and further action is needed to deal with the problem "which is having an increasing impact on workers superannuation balances and on government revenues." "The effect of non-payment on workers retirement can be dramatic with ...

Super reforms to hurt retirees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2015
... rules will hit the most vulnerable retirees over the long-term. According to a 1,500-member AustralianSuper poll, 78% of workers and 88% of retirees support the Budget's stricter pension assets test, which will reduce the part pension threshold from ...

Trillion dollar super industry attractive to organised criminals

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2015
... relying on the social security system in their retirement. "With the Australian tax base supported by a lower proportion of workers compared with retirees, significant increases in the demand for government pensions would have serious economic implications ...

Groups call for default super fund decoupling

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... a choice of superannuation fund should not be repealed. The Commission said it received submissions from the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) concerning choice of superannuation fund prior to the Interim Report. However the issue yet to be addressed is ...

Shadow Treasurer will go to election over super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
... holders of Work and Holiday visas; abolition of the large family bonus; removal of the zone tax offset for fly-in fly-out workers; changes to work-related car expense deduction methods; and the implementation of the "no jab, no pay" policy as these measures ...

FSC backs Commission on choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015
... In its latest discussion paper, Options for Law Reform, the Commission said it received submissions from the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) concerning choice of superannuation fund prior to the Interim Report. However the Commission is yet to hear why ...

Royal Commission looks at choice of super funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... In its latest discussion paper, Options for Law Reform, the Commission said it received submissions from the Transport Workers' Union (TWU) concerning choice of superannuation fund prior to the Interim Report. However the issue yet to be addressed is ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... ore prices. Fortescue Metals firmed four cents to $1.815 as it said it was reorganising rosters for its iron ore mine workers in its latest response to plunging iron ore prices. Oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum was off 23 cents at $34.74, and ...