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ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... he has previously publicly stated, "experts have a range of positions on the super guarantee rise and its impact on wage growth". "But our research has proven that even using the most conservative assumptions, workers of all income levels are far better ...

Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... country and wage rises likely off the table, a former senior public servant and academic has pressed the case for wage growth instead. In an article for The Conversation, Australian National University College of Business and Economics visiting fellow ...

Adequacy argument headlines online CMSF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... about the relationship between super and wages were the wrong argument to have, and added Australia has a problem with wage growth. "It is not one caused by super," Dawson said. Asked whether it was aggravated by super, Dawson said that argument was ...

Labor stands by super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... - played into the hands of the Liberal and National parties, who he said stand for "trickle-down economics, lower wage growth and less security". "Labor supports the legislated increase in the superannuation guarantee to 12% by 2025," he said. "With ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... unchanged from the previous quarter and the slowest annual growth rate since the June quarter of 2018. Private sector wage growth also remained unchanged at 2.2% while wages growth in the public sector decelerated to 2.2% from 2.5% (could it be that ...

Super chief opposes SG increase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... compulsory rate is not enough to grow superannuation savings for a comfortable retirement, Australia is in a period of low wage growth therefore an increase in the contribution rate is not realistic at this point in time," Baird said. "While compulsory ...

Surplus may not be as advertised: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
... aged care. She also argued that we could be seeing "the death of The Phillips Curve" with predictions of 3% to 3.5% wage growth recently revised lower. The Phillips Curve states that inflation and unemployment have a stable and inverse relationship. ...

Chief economist update: Turn the beat around

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... revenues/profits, reduced investment in buildings & structure and machinery & equipment and on staff. This would keep tepid wage growth tepid. In turn, sluggish wage growth would put further pressure on already lacklustre consumer spending, leading to ...

Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... difficult to say with certainty," Wayne said. "However, high household indebtedness, record low interest rates and low wage growth will make it difficult for the property market to deliver the returns achieved in previous decades."

Aussies unprepared for wealth transfer

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... wealth between their generation compared to millennials," Baker said. Rising costs of living, as well as stagnant wage growth and a volatile property market mean that more young Australians will rely on their heritance in the future. Perpetual said 70% ...