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Financial abuse linked to violence: CBA, UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... Jan Breckenridge commented: "These are concerning figures. Financial abuse is not limited to intimate partner domestic violence." "Older people can experience abuse from their adult children or extended family members, parents can experience abuse from ...

Life Code update expands consumer protections

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2022
... will also be given greater support, including a requirement for life insurers to have a dedicated family and domestic violence policy on their website. Also of note is new provisions around timeframes as they pertain to a claim to ensure claimants are ...

Budget aims to please women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... This includes $127.8 million for trauma-informed national counselling services to support victim-survivors of domestic violence, including children impacted by family violence. Part of that money will also go to behaviour change services for individuals ...

Super should help secure home loans: Inquiry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
... affordable housing options for low to medium income earners, people experiencing homelessness, women escaping domestic violence, parents and children," the report says. Other recommendations include all states and territories scrapping stamp duty in ...

More work needed to end financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... their super or having it fraudulently accessed by their domestic partner." Pillar One of the new plan to end domestic violence refers to addressing systems 'that create barriers to financial independence for women'. "The way superannuation works is one ...

Family law super reform passes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... Women in Super, HESTA and Women's Legal Service Victoria said the reform is an important win for victims of domestic violence. "This new law means women leaving violent relationships will have a better chance of getting their fair share of superannuation ...

Stop abusers hiding super: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is calling on Parliament to ensure abusive partners cannot hide their super from domestic violence victims. In a submission, AIST supported the proposed Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for Consultation) Bill 2021: Superannuation ...

Future Generation announces chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... Moore Park Foundation, an ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, a director of anti-domestic violence organisation Our Watch and a former council member for Chief Executive Women. "Caroline will lead the Future generation companies ...

Family law super reforms released

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... government abandoned its controversial proposal to extend the early release of superannuation to family and domestic violence survivors.

What COVID-19 did to super brand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... "Super was sacrosanct then we had the early release program. What happened after that? It's raid super for domestic violence victims, raid super to buy a house," Madigan said. Madigan said that to combat this harm, the super industry needs to identify ...