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Women in Super ramps up "Make Super Fair" campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... threshold on SG contributions* Require Government to undertake and publish a gender impact statement for any changes to age pension or retirement income policy; ongoing tracking by WGEA of women's retirement gap. Women in Super is a national advocacy ...

For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... years, as compared against those invested in a median MySuper product. The AIST fears the pressure on Australia's Age Pension costs will ramp up if choice super products continue to be allowed to play to different disclosure and reporting rules than ...

Stop undermining franking credit refunds: Wilson

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... average $6347 of franking credits per year, he said. "These individuals would lose this income if they were not on the Age Pension or part pension before 28 March 2018. People at this age are genuinely unable to return to the workforce to make up the ...

Tax treatment of granny flats under review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... value an asset or amount transferred to a child may be excluded from their income and assets when calculating their age pension. This is usually a favourable outcome for pensioners as it prevents their age pension entitlement being reduced, while also ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... (SAPTO) so that it is available only to pensioners, and people whose income doesn't qualify them to receive full Age Pension can pay some income tax. It also wants seniors to start paying the Medicare levy when they become liable to pay some income ...

Industry funds lead website experience

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... checking insurance (0.6 points higher), opening Transition to Retirement (TTR) accounts (0.7 higher) and locating Age Pension information (0.6 points higher). Corporate governance documents were tough to locate on both industry fund and retail fund websites ...

FSC moves to protect retail super from ALP 'tinkering'

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... superannuation, and hitting retirees hardest, will only erode confidence in the system, leaving more Australians reliant on the Age Pension," Loane said. "The FSC considers that franking credit refunds should continue. They provide substantial support ...

When aged care advice takes an emotional toll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... advisers that couples who own their home can have up to $848,000 of investments and assets and be eligible for a part Age Pension. To be eligible for the full pension singles can have $161,000 and a couple can have $282,000, he explained. For clients ...

Grattan says Aussies retiring comfortably, ISA responds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... of Commonwealth Rent Assistance - worth more than $1,400 a year for a single retiree. It also wants to loosen the Age Pension assets test, saying it could boost retirement incomes for around 20% of retirees today, rising to more than 70% of retirees ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... insurance, the Commission said. Both analyses are "partial" as neither considered the effects of super balance erosion on Age Pension eligibility, it said, adding the fiscal impact of group insurance is "not mechanistic nor straightforward," it said. ...