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Insurance premiums to drop for HESTA members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... value-for-money cover, it said. HESTA is also enhancing its group insurance offering, waiving insurance fees for members on parental leave for up to 12 months. Where a baby is born before 37 weeks, this can be extended to 24 months. It will also no longer ...

Rest calls on government to fix 'motherhood penalty'

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... with support even higher among women. While recent policy changes, including paying super on government funded parental leave have been welcomed, industry groups argue more comprehensive reform is needed. Rest said extending support through carer credit ...

Financial services' gender pay gap improves at 21.4%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026
... Many are also looking past composition and pay to examine women and men's different experiences of access to parental leave, flexible working arrangements or safety in the workplace."

Advisers need more support: FAAA submission

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... professional financial advisers and ensure we retain talent at key career points (university, mid-career transitions, parental leave etc)." Among these measures, the FAAA proposed providing professional advisers with access to the ATO portal and simplifying ...

'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... government has made "big strides" in efforts to close the gender super gap, including the introduction of super on paid parental leave, which will boost women's retirement savings by $7200, and increasing the Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO) from ...

Australia's gender pay gap narrows: WGEA reports

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... harassment reported to them in the last year. Meantime, workplaces are increasingly encouraging new fathers to take parental leave, the report identified 20% of primary and universal parental leave is taken by men, up 3pp since last year. "Employers ...

Hume's super sharing bill lashed in parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... "Their answer to many things is to raid your super, and one of their election policies was to attack super on paid parental leave-to support that contribution being cashed out instead of being preserved for retirement," Darmanin said. "That is why the ...

Aware Super makes fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... waiver. From 3 November 2025, members may be able to have their insurance premium waived due to employer-approved parental leave or severe financial hardship. The changes mean eligible members can have premium-free insurance cover for 12 continuous months. ...

HESTA calls for reforms to help women in retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... ordinary time earnings, up from 11.5%. The introduction coincided with the super payments on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leave, which HESTA said helped address the fact that Australian mums have missed out on well over $3 billion in super savings at retirement. ...

Super on paid parental leave to reduce gender gap: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
The introduction of superannuation contributions on paid parental leave (PPL) is set to boost women's retirement savings by $7200, according to new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Superannuation contributions ...
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