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Aussies pay the price for early release of super: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
... superannuation (ERS) scheme saw the closure or near emptying of almost one million member accounts, largely held by women, single parents and the unemployed. A new analysis by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia illustrates the impact ...

Financial abuse linked to violence: CBA, UNSW

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... intimate partner domestic violence." "Older people can experience abuse from their adult children or extended family members, parents can experience abuse from their teenage children, people who are living in group care can experience abuse." "We know ...

Women paid less at every age, rank: Data

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2022
... or redesigning roles to support part-time management and job-sharing structures, for example, to make it possible for parents who may want to work school hours. In times of a tight talent market, attracting and retain highly skilled and capable women ...

NSW to introduce options for first home buyers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... property with a proportion paid by the government. The scheme set to commence next January and will be open to single parents with children under 18, single persons 50 and over or key workers (nurses, teachers, police) buying their first home. The government ...

Caddick's husband chases payday

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... assets - including the couple's $17 million, five-bedroom Dover Heights home. He is also after a portion of Caddick's parents' home, which she purchased for them, worth approximately $4 million and a share in the $2 million worth of jewellery and clothes ...

Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... Carer Pensions by $200 per fortnight, and increases the Parenting Payment (Single) to a new JobSeeker rate for single parents ($886 per fortnight). The 'high' option increases JobSeeker by $436 per fortnight, Disability Support and Carer Pensions by ...

Labor promises cheap childcare, climate action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... remain stagnant. Instead, Labor promises to reform childcare subsidies to create cheaper childcare and remove barriers to parents working more hours. "Under our plan, no family will be worse off, but almost all families will be better off. Making childcare ...

Not enough Budget for women: Industry

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... superannuation on retirement and live longer," AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said. "Closing this anomaly would allow parents to continue building their retirement savings while taking time out of the paid workforce to care for children and family. ...

Budget targets home ownership rates

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... home buyers with low deposits starting from July 1. An additional 5000 spots each year will also be opened up for single parents through the Family Home Guarantee scheme. The initiative also allows low deposit buyers to purchase a home without the added ...

Big spend on cost of living, defence

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... mothers and their partners have been eligible for 10 weeks of paid parental leave each. Under the new measures, single parents will be able to use the full 20 weeks themselves and all families can access the full 20 weeks and decide how they would like ...