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Budget undermining super: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... "encouraging a raid on superannuation savings." "The first home super saver scheme will do nothing to address housing affordability but will work to undermine Australia's world-class superannuation system and Labor will not support it," they said. Shadow ...

What the 2017 Budget means for you

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... advisers will face several challenges as they attempt to navigate clients through Treasurer Scott Morrison's housing affordability package - from the First Home Super Savers Scheme right through to an initiative encouraging older Australians to free ...

Budget for the wealthy: Labor

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... need to see a GP, or you're trying to buy your first home." He added the Budget was a "massive failure on housing affordability." First home buyers will now be able to make voluntary contributions (limited to $15,000 per year and capped at $30,000) to ...

Downsizing measures present advice opportunities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2017
... measures, despite chief executive Eva Scheerlinck saying they are unlikely to have a material impact on housing affordability. "These downsizing measures will at least give greater flexibility to those older Australians wanting to move into a smaller ...

Treasurer opens the way for increased infrastructure spending

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... billion in tax liabilities against seven multinational companies. Turning his attention to superannuation and housing affordability, Morrison made mention of the 80% of Australia's $2.1 trillion household debt held in mortgages, and noted the Australian ...

Opposition floats SMSF borrowing ban

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
Self-managed superannuation funds will be banned from direct borrowing under an expanded housing affordability policy unveiled by the Federal Opposition today. Speaking to media this morning, Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen said the policy will target ...

Housing affordability threatens super's future

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... at the 2017 Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF). It draws a direct link between deteriorating housing affordability and the future adequacy of Australia's retirement income system. It notes Australia's scheme has historically been based on ...

Collective power: What's next for profit-to-member funds?

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... areas in which industry superannuation funds can work together on solving problems including aged care, housing affordability, ethical investing, and internal fund work culture. Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) president Ged Kearney called on ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
... Index," SMSF Association managing director and chief executive Andrea Slattery added. Anthony hopes the housing affordability debate will remain focused on land release, regulation and tax subsidies that fuel investment in existing property rather than ...

Home deposits unwelcome in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
... federal government to keep Australia's $2 trillion retirement savings system away from addressing the nation's housing affordability problems. Earlier this week Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said the government is likely to address housing affordability ...