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Australia survives global pension rout

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... drop in global pension assets since the GFC, Australian super funds held steady with lower bond allocations and Super Guarantee flows. Global pension assets had their largest annual decline since the GFC, dropping 16.7% to $47.9 trillion, due to market ...

Government introduces gender pay gap bill

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... be done." Stewart told Financial Standard, to improve financial outcomes for women, the government can pay the super guarantee on paid parental leave and increase the low income super tax offset (LISTO). "Paying the super guarantee on paid parental leave ...

Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... (LISTO) eligibility no longer supports lower income earners, who are most likely women, following 2017 increases in super guarantee and changes to the income tax brackets. "A worker must earn less than the full-time minimum wage to be eligible for this ...

ISA renews calls for super to be paid with wages

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... increase the Low-Income Superannuation Tax Offset to account for changes to tax brackets and increases in the super guarantee, it suggested. "Super has been a boon for millions already but it's not perfect and there are long-standing issues that the ...

Piecemeal super taxes won't fix budget deficit: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... cost approximately $213 million per year but an individual could improve their super balance by $20,000 with the Super Guarantee paid on their paid parental leave. Measure six broadens the coverage of the Super Guarantee to platform-based gig workers. ...

BUSSQ sees strength in niche super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
... longer retirement he says but members might be employees one minute and subcontractors the next; ineligible for the super guarantee. He is not saying that the BUSSQ did not have that perspective before he joined. But he is saying that appointing a chair ...

Super wars not over: Swan

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... its hands when it comes to big structural reforms moving forward. "I was in the parliament when we started the Super Guarantee 30 years ago, and I've been a participant looking at it from the outside and now from within," Swan said. "I can say what ...

BT answers advisers' top tax time questions

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2022
... hottest end of financial year tips for advisers; in the mix this year are changes to downsizer contributions, the super guarantee and minimum pension drawdowns. BT Technical Services fields over 2000 queries from financial advisers every quarter, so ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... consumption given people focus disproportionately on the short term." However, Moloney did say that taking the super guarantee to 12% would force people to over-save, supress wage growth and would be net negative to the budget. "The system is still plagued ...

Super Guarantee increases now ironclad

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... without making parts of the increase optional. However, previously some Liberal MPs were highly tentative about the super guarantee rise. In a 2020 tweet, Tim Wilson, whose Melbourne seat is under huge threat from independent Zoe Daniel posted: "Increasing ...