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More work needed to end financial abuse

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... their retirement must be addressed in the new plan. "We're also looking forward to funding announcements in the federal budget that substantially support the principles and initiatives outlined in the plan." Women currently retire with 40% less super ...

Super for home deposits could ignite new boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... Australians be given access to their super to use on a home deposit. The suggested policy has been advocated for by a range of federal government MPs, including Tim Wilson. Under a 2017 budget initiative, first home buyers can make additional voluntary ...

Government fails to prioritise $450 threshold

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... legislative program." Women in Super is calling on the government to commit to voting on the legislation in February. With a federal election due next year, there are fears the government could wait until post-election to act on the bill.

Retirement Income Covenant hits parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... Review's finding that there has been insufficient attention on assisting people to optimise their retirement income. The federal government reintroduced the CCIV regime in the 2021-22 budget following a period of delay. Assistant treasurer Michael ...

Retirement Income Covenant closer to materialising

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 SEP 2021
... Retirement Income Covenant will take effect from 1 July 2022, subject to the passage of legislation. The 2018-19 federal budget introduced the covenant but has experienced several delays.

SG Hiscock introduces medical tech fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... government spending to support the industry," he said, noting the patent box tax break announced in the recent federal budget. The fund is particularly attractive to impact investors, Hunter added. "Through its investments in Australian medical technology ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... in Australia's vaccine roll-outs and the end of the JobKeeper scheme at the end of March and before the Australian Federal Treasury's spending splurge announced in the 2021/22 Budget. This surge in business confidence translated into increased ...

Family law super reforms released

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... along with removing the $450 monthly income threshold for super contributions, which was recently scrapped in the federal budget. "Superannuation is often the biggest - or only - asset in a relationship. Importantly, this new measure will speed up what ...

Accessing super cements inequality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... the pandemic, the study found. "Opportunities to recoup these losses are likely to be limited, with the recent federal budget predicting continued low wage growth and a continued shift to part time work," the report's author Emily Porter, who is a fellow ...

Chief economist: What JobKeeper cliff?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... physicist and Nobel Prize in physics winner Niels Bohr has been proven time after time but more recently in the Australian Federal Treasury's prediction of life after JobKeeper. Speaking before the Economics Legislation Committee on March 24, treasury ...