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Government bolsters funding for payday super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... Australians receiving their super contributions more frequently throughout their working life, which Super Member Council (SMC) analysis shows the average worker would be $7700 better off in retirement with payday super because returns accrue and compound ...

Top superannuation policy priorities for 2025: SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
Super Members Council (SMC) has set out its key policy priorities in 2025 to further strengthen the superannuation system. The advocacy group, which represents over 11 million people, has called for no changes to the superannuation system's fundamental ...

Super lobbies call for death benefit reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
The chief executives of the Super Members Council (SMC) and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) have told the senate economics committee that Australians deserve better outcomes from their super funds, but said reforms are needed. ...

Outdated super rule costs teens $10k at retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
New modelling from the Super Members Council (SMC) finds most teenagers will miss out on an additional $10,000 at retirement simply because they're not entitled to superannuation contributions. The lobby group's Guaranteeing a Super Start to Work report ...

Super Members Council names deputy chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2024
Following a promotion, Georgia Brumby is now deputy chief executive of Super Members Council (SMC). Brumby has been appointed to the role with immediate effect. She has served as executive general manager, advocacy since SMC's creation in October last ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... Budget, according to a Corinna Economic Advisory report by Saul Eslake. In the report commissioned by the Super Members Council (SMC), Eslake said that decades of evidence clearly show that when housing demand outstrips supply, policies which have allowed ...

Coalition's super on parental leave changes spark concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... they need immediate support with the costs of caring for their newborn they have that choice too." The Super Members Council (SMC) said the Coalition's support for paying super on Commonwealth Parental Leave Pay is very welcome - but its bid to make ...

Superannuation objective legislation hits Senate floor

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... particularly lower income earners can experience a dignified retirement," she added. Earlier this week, Super Members Council (SMC) called on all Senators to pass the bill swiftly. The SMC said the bill would serve as a "guiding light for future policy ...

Australians robbed of super savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... are being cheated out of $5.1 billion annually in superannuation, according to an analysis from the Super Members Council. SMC modelling showed that nearly three million people were denied $5.1 billion in superannuation entitlements in just one year ...

Super's board requirements are sound: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2024
Super Members Council chief executive Misha Schubert has defended the selection requirements for superannuation fund boards in the wake of the CFMEU scandal. Schubert said the shared governance model of profit-to-member funds was created with a "clear ...