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Deeming rate calculations should be independent: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... recipients earn more than these rates, the extra income is not assessed," DSS said. The Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association is pushing for deeming rates to be set independently. Currently, the rates are determined by "total lack of transparency" ...

Government reduces deeming rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... don't even have that level of savings." In light of the June rate cuts, the Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association urged the Federal Government to review the deeming rates. The deeming rates are set by the government with a "total lack of ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... retirees will also be able to avail the $300 per fortnight pension work bonus. The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has welcomed the announcement and said the bonus, introduced in 2009, was overdue for an increase. "CPSA calls ...

Industry welcomes pensioners' dividend tax policy exemption: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... allowance recipient before 28 March 2018 will also be exempt from the changes. The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) said it welcomed the exemption. CPSA policy co-ordinator Paul Versteege said: "It was always clear that those ...

Labor's imputation credit reform cops industry backlash

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAR 2018
... impact on retirement incomes." Eliza Littleton, senior policy officer of the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA), voiced similar sentiments, stating low-income retirees base their retirement plans anticipating they will receive tax ...

Industry bodies clash over pension proposal

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2016
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has branded "offensive" an Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) proposal to turn the Age Pension into a loan recoverable against the family home. In a pre-Budget submission the ...

Pensioners want DB decision reversed

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2016
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has launched a campaign for defined benefit pensioners who received a shock in their first 2016 Age Pension payment. On behalf of DB pensioners CPSA is proposing to write to federal Treasurer ...

Seniors react to Commission's retirement housing idea

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
The Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has called on the federal government to create a policy that achieves housing security for all rather than acting on recommendations calling for retirees to sell down the family home. CPSA ...

Super advocates urge caution on age access

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... years by July 2035. Amelia Christie manager of research and advocacy at the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association said at the moment super tax concessions disproportionately benefit people on high incomes. "We couldn't support any move to ...

Coalition will delay SG rise, abolish LICS

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
... "this will be the first legislation that a new parliament considers". But the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association was quick to dismiss parts of Abbott's Budget Reply. Amelia Christie, CPSA senior policy advisor, said, "Pensioners breathe ...
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