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Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... additional demand for housing will not be matched by an increase in supply. The Retirement Income Review, a Senate Inquiry and Grattan have all rejected 'super for a house'." Not only would allowing early access to super to buy a home hurt the retirement ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... Corporation) and a new tax structure within Future Fund, which doesn't have to pay taxes. The paper goes on to refer to Grattan Institute's Brendan Coates and Super Consumers Australia's Xavier O'Halloran as supportive of the idea of a default superannuation ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... examples of exceptional achievement in almost every field imaginable." Other notable mentions on the 2021 list include former Grattan Institute chief executive and Myer Foundation director John Daley, Suncorp chair Christine McLoughlin and the Conexus ...

Workers being offered nothing: Keating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... real terms over the same period. Keating also took a swipe at one of the most vocal critics of the legislated SG rise - Grattan Institute. "I'm very surprised that the Liberal party have locked onto the left-wing views of John Daly and Brendan Coates ...

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... on whether on not to increase based on the economic facts at the time. Frydenberg took into account arguments from the Grattan Institute and the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider carefully the tradeoff in increasing SG and having ...

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... comprehensive income products for retirement (CIPRs) and legislation for the revamped heat maps test announced at the budget. Grattan has previously flagged it expects the review to find Australians have enough retirement income already and hence, a ...

Effects of ERS not so bad: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
Despite over $34 billion being removed from the super system, the Grattan Institute is sticking to its guns that the effects of the Early Release of Super scheme will not have too great of an impact on retirement outcomes. Speaking at the digital Morningstar ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... residential aged care? There are more than 100,000 waiting for a home care package. It's just pathetic." Similarly, Grattan Institute director of health programs Stephen Duckett said the newly announced funding was a drop in the ocean. "It's ...

Calls for aged care overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
Australia's aged care system is failing and needs to be overhauled, according to the Grattan Institute. Grattan health program director Stephen Duckett said the care and support of older Australians must come before the profits of private providers. ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... paper suggests reviewing the rate of unemployment benefits, tightening superannuation tax concessions (also a call from Grattan Institute, as superannuation industry awaits the Retirement Income Review's final report) and greater action to mitigate ...