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Super tax receipts to increase by $10.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
The superannuation sector is expected to get a bigger tax bill with super tax receipts expected to increase by $10.9 billion over forward estimates, Treasurer Jim Chalmers revealed in the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO). "Superannuation ...

Rest launches clearing house solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... rather than once every quarter. The reforms were announced as part of the Federal Budget in May 2023 and passed Federal Parliament in November 2025.

Super funds continue to fail vulnerable members: UNSW

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... funds are faced with is the delay in introducing the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) legislation to the Parliament. Hanewald reiterated that the bill will empower super funds to deliver better information, guidance and advice to members. ...

Reforms on super advertising, stapling enter parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Potential reforms around the advertising and stapling of superannuation products during employee onboarding were introduced to the House of Representatives today. The Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill ...

Hume's super sharing bill lashed in parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
Senator Jane Hume's Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Tackling the Gender Super Gap) Bill 2025 sparked a wave of backlash during its second reading in the Senate this week. The bill, which seeks to allow spouses to split superannuation annually ...

Norway wealth fund told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... sovereign wealth fund is halting ethical divestments until its guidelines, unchanged since 2004, are reviewed. Norway's parliament earlier this week voted to pause ethical divestments by Norges Bank Investment Management while it updates the fund's ethical ...

Payday Super laws passed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... compounding returns on more frequent contributions," O'Neill said. "We congratulate the government and the Australian parliament on passing this legislation and look forward to continuing to work with employers and industry on implementing the changes." ...

Unclaimed super pot hits $19bn: ATO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... manage and helps your money work harder for your future." This comes after Payday Super reforms were introduced into parliament at the start of October. First flagged in the 2023-24 Federal Budget, the legislation stipulates that from 1 July 2026 employers ...

Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... audit of the design and delivery of the Housing Australia Future Fund is currently underway and is expected to table in Parliament in June 2026," McLiesh said. "The objective of the audit is to assess the effectiveness of the Department of the Treasury's ...

ASIC bans adviser attached to UGC, MWL

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
ASIC has banned Melbourne-based financial adviser Jovan Videkanic from providing financial services, controlling an entity that carries on a financial services business or performing any function involved in the carrying on of a financial services business ...