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The house that Sherry built

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2008
The man who chaired the passage of the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) Bill 20 years ago is back in the limelight, this time with ambitious plans to dismantle the country's jerry-built superannuation system and replace it with a cheaper and more member-friendly ...

Paid maternity leave must include super: AIST

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2008
... Shifting the focus to how a paid maternity scheme could be funded, the AIST said it would prefer to see the Superannuation Guarantee automatically applied to a national paid maternity scheme. Alternatively it supports the introduction of a government ...

Macq predicts SG to top 9pc

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2008
Australia's superannuation guarantee level is set to rise above the current 9 per cent under the Rudd Government, predicts a head strategist at Macquarie. Pointing out that it was the Labor government that set the wheels of the present super regime ...

No to double SG demerits

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
New tax measures to employer superannuation guarantee (SG) penalties could mean employees receive their super payments faster while their employers will avoid making twice the SG on late payments. The Federal Government is proposing to change the Superannuation ...

Escalator take up reach 50pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2008
... superannuation by increasing employee contributions annually, until it reaches the 15 per cent limit including superannuation guarantee. It can be implemented by employers on an 'opt-in' basis, meaning employees request to sign on, or 'opt out' which ...

Cut super tax, boost co-contribution

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2008
The government's 15 per cent contributions tax on superannuation guarantee payments should be reduced and the co-contribution policy revamped to boost national saving levels, suggests two major finance industry bodies. The Association of Superannuation ...

The new government: what it means

Higher child care rebates, a superannuation-based 'first home owner' account and superannuation guarantee creeping up to 15 per cent are just some of the Labor party policies that could become law under the new government. Colonial First State, one ...

ATO signs up debt collection heavyweights

... signed four of the country's largest debt collection agencies to help collect outstanding tax debts and superannuation guarantee (SG) charge debts starting later this year. The Tax Office has appointed a panel of external collection agencies to help ...

SG payments made simpler

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2007
Employers who make a late Superannuation Guarantee (SG) payment will not pay the same amount twice under proposed changes by the Federal Government. Under existing rules, employers who do not make their SG contribution on time become liable for the ...

Coombe calls for better super

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2007
... Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) luncheon in Sydney. "Sixteen years after the introduction of the superannuation guarantee we are in a golden age. We are the fourth largest managed funds market in the world and Australia boasts the fastest ...