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IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... Swan released the third Intergenerational Report showcasing how the ageing population will drive up health costs and age pension costs, lower taxation revenues and lower the outlook for economic growth. "These challenges will place substantial pressure ...

Men's contribution to superannuation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
Today,19 November, is the 10th International Men's Day and it's time to celebrate the contribution of men to superannuation and wealth management. Men invented superannuation, lead the fight for universal age pensions around the world, designed the ...

Years of living dangerously

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... challenged new Treasury figures released last week that concluded the current 9 per cent compulsory super combined with the Age Pension will provide "adequate" retirement income for the average Australian by 2035, or roughly the time the SG system introduced ...

Super should not be compulsory: Cox

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... superannuation salary sacrifice limits and temporarily reducing the co-contribution scheme, along with a boost to age pension payments. Following this year's budget, then superannuation minister Nick Sherry, noted that the reductions were a response ...

Streamline super concessions to boost contributions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2009
... concerns that the cost of superannuation tax concessions for some high income earners is greater than the cost of the age pension the government is trying to offset. While the proposals will unwind to an extent the tax concessions currently enjoyed by ...

Population explosion to reshape wealth and pension

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2009
... report, alongside the outcome of the Henry Review, will influence the Government's likely tax and welfare (including Age Pension) reforms. In a separate development, Treasurer Swan also launched a new index that measures the changing affordability of ...

Investors want more Centrelink

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2009
Investment growth may be important - but top of mind for many investors now is the fear that their age pension may be slashed by Centrelink, said Suncorp Financial Planning. David Carter, executive general manager of advice solutions at Suncorp, said ...

Retirees want funds that last a lifetime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2009
... in a statement. He said that improved product offerings can partly compensate for the average retiree's inadequate age pension and low superannuation payouts (only $45,000 for women, for example). It doesn't help the global financial crisis wiped out ...

Retirement adequacy beats market slump

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2009
... According to the report, if you define retirement income as a combination of superannuation, other investments and the age pension (for those who qualify), then today's worker would have an average projected retirement income of $42,465 per year. This ...

OECD vindicates govt super reforms

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2009
... rate in the OECD countries and more than double the OECD average. The OECD welcomes the government's increase in the age pension to address this problem," noted the OECD Pensions at a Glance 2009 report. While the report highlighted how Australia's market ...