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Mercer proposes superannuation tax overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
Mercer has called for a fairer superannuation tax system, particularly for lower-income earners and women in its pre-budget submission. Mercer's proposed changes aim to improve the fairness of the super tax system, which currently has an inherent bias ...

Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... you have the less pension you get." He would like to see a drop from $3 to $2 per fortnight. "I recognise that would be a fairer system but would also increase the age pension bill which is not what the government is trying to do currently but it is ...

Rest simplifies super splitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... could strip away their financial security. For this reason, it was critical to remove the obstacles getting in the way of fairer and more equitable split of superannuation assets."

Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... partnered with St Vincent de Paul Society on a new report highlighting reforms that could make the tax and welfare systems fairer ahead of the federal election. The report examines three options for helping families and individuals at risk of deep poverty ...

Advice practices set to benefit from tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... million over four years on the small business deregulation agenda, while small businesses in dispute with the ATO will get a fairer go. The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) will now have greater powers to pause or change debt recovery actions applying ...

$450 SG threshold axed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... government is focused on improving retirement outcomes for women by increasing superannuation coverage and making our system fairer," minister for superannuation Jane Hume said in a joint statement with minister for women, Marise Payne. Industry bodies ...

Domestic violence super reforms stall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... process that all superannuation funds would be able to use to make the splitting of superannuation assets "easier, faster and fairer".

HESTA asks Retirement Income Review to consider ERS

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... of 55 are the faster growing group of people experiencing homelessness and unless we reform our super system to make it fairer for women and the lower paid we are consigning the next generation of Australian women to the same grim reality," she said. ...

Industry fund pushes for simpler super splitting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... process that all superannuation funds will be able to use to make the splitting of superannuation assets "easier, faster and fairer." The two organisations said that with the help of advocacy group Women in Super, they were able to bring together superannuation ...

Ralston dumps director roles

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... panel, Deborah Ralston has formally stepped down from the SMSF Association (SMSFA) and Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System. Previously the chair of the SMSFA and Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System spokesperson, Ralston has moved to rescind both ...