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Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... the retirement savings of Australian mums and to start to turn around the gender super gap - which has been widening for women in their 30s," she said. It also risks putting pressure on mums to raid their retirement savings or being forced to by coercively ...

Heightened costs push young Aussies to plan ahead: HESTA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... running out of money, with most of those under 40 (68%) citing this, as well as 64% of the 40-54 cohort, and 51% for 55-plus. Women (65%) are also more likely to carry that concern over men (57%). The findings come as Australians' confidence in the ...

Super on parental leave bill hits parliament

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2024
... 180,000 families access the scheme each year; the vast majority of individuals who receive Paid Parental Leave payments are women. Modelling from Laneway Analytics shows Australian mothers have missed out on $3.3 billion in super since the scheme's ...

ASFA pushes for tax redistribution to benefit low-income workers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... $500 to $700. It said this change is projected to benefit an additional 1.2 million Australians, the majority of whom are women, young workers, and individuals from non-English speaking backgrounds, improving their financial security in retirement. A ...

Industry demands action to stop abusers claiming victims' super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... contributed to a victim's death. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Super Members Council (SMC), and Women in Super have appealed to assistant treasurer Stephen Jones and other "key ministers" to reform superannuation death ...

Government urged to overhaul gift tax system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... work to prevent poverty, animal welfare charities, and charities that work across DGR categories in support of groups like women, young people and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are facing barriers to inclusion in the current system. "Our ...

QIC backs new venture capital initiative

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... investors are notably underrepresented. "Approximately one in four members of early-stage VC investment teams in Queensland are women, and that drops to one in 10 at the General Partner level," Baker said. "We recognise the gender gap is a very real ...

Job mobility falls for first time in three years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... during the five years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic," Jarvis said. "Job mobility rates have fallen for both men and women, but fell by more for men. As a result, job mobility over the past year was slightly higher for women at 8.2%, compared to ...

Family office buys into WNBL potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... Tesla chair Robyn Denholm, Wollemi Capital Group, has partnered with the National Basketball League (NBL) to acquire the Women's National Basketball League (WNBL) from Basketball Australia. Wollemi Capital Group and the NBL have formed a consortium to ...

Financial advice profession 'lacks consistent protocols'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... Financial abuse affects a significant number of Australians, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics reporting that 1.6 million women and 745,000 men have experienced financial abuse. It is also recognised in both state and federal laws as a form of ...