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Chalmers sworn in as treasurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... morning following Labor's victory in the federal election. The weekend's result also sees the departure of Jane Hume as minister for financial services, superannuation, and the digital economy. Treasury is now led by Jim Chalmers, the man who has served ...

Beware super home buyer collateral damage: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... allocations. In a statement, the industry group also chastised how housing affordability would become worse, pointing out that minister for superannuation Jane Hume had at one point admitted this herself. ISA said its analysis showed that, "price surges ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... superannuation and to allow people to invest in whatever they want, then this policy has delivered in spades. Of note, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that you let people use their own money and don't lock it away from them. But, if this policy ...

Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
... for the housing affordability crisis. "This is not a housing policy - this is a desperate, last-minute act from a prime minister trying to cling to power," ACTU president Michele O'Neil said. "This policy has rightly been rejected by governments on a ...

Super Guarantee increases now ironclad

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... re-election promise that a Coalition government will lift the Superannuation Guarantee to 12% as legislated. The Prime Minister has said he "stands by" the currently legislated 12% increase and, as per the legislation, the rate will increase in annual ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... reducing the time people need to pay rent and also means a smaller mortgage with less debt and smaller repayments," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. "Super should be harnessed to support the aspiration of many thousands of families who want to buy ...

TWUSUPER chair retires after two decades

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
... to the role. Effective this month, Sherry will lead TWUSUPER's board, drawing on his experience as Australia's first minister for superannuation between 2007 and 2009 and as a founding director of Hostplus and ClubPlus. He also has extensive experience ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
At the ASFA Conference, former deputy prime minister and Cbus chair Wayne Swan called superannuation a great triumph of social-democratic policy as it's become a major source of social stability. The world has become a more dangerous place, its ...

Labor MP savages government's superannuation record

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2022
At the ASFA Conference this morning, shadow minister for financial services and superannuation Stephen Jones outlined his party's policy and attacked the government's "crackpot ideas". Jones said he recognised the enormous opportunity of working ...

Wayne Swan joins AIST board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
The AIST has announced the dual board appointment of the former federal treasurer and deputy prime minister alongside AustralianSuper executive Sarah Adams. Swan, the chair of Cbus, and Adams, the group executive strategy, reputation & corporate affairs ...