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'About bloody time': Industry responds to PPL super reform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... children has 12% less income in retirement than a woman who does not have a career break. That's 12% less to pay for housing, food, healthcare, and other necessities to live well in retirement," AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder said. ...

Mortgage holders, retailers relax after rate pause

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... This extended pause in monetary policy tightening will help to inject a greater degree of confidence and stability into housing markets, for sellers, buyers, and builders," Toth said. Signs of financial strains are evident in Australians dipping into ...

Cash rate hits 4.1%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUN 2023
... from 6.3% in the previous month. Meanwhile, award wages are set to increase by 5.75% on July 1. The Housing Industry Association fears that the move will slow down home building, while demand for it will only grow. Citing bleak figures, HIA chief economist ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... building more homes for Australians and is still yet to be fully addressed. In a similar vein, the Housing Industry Association said the government's investment to improve housing supply will do little to put downward pressure on rent and housing affordability. ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... marginal measure. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has applauded both major parties for recognising that housing affordability is a major issue for Australians and that homeownership is an important part of retirement. However, while ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... support the aspiration of many thousands of families who want to buy a home." Despite the government's enthusiasm for the housing affordability scheme, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said such a policy would be ineffective ...

Budget targets home ownership rates

TOM WATSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
... Wolfe. "Many people have chosen to move to regional areas over the last two years to build a new life, placing pressure on housing affordability in these areas. Supporting home building at the same time as supporting people re-enter the housing market ...

Industry funds buoyed by unlisted assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... released Millions of Australians Own Big Super report finds. Furthermore, industry funds are keeping costs down thanks to in-housing investment management functions, pointing to the example of one fund that reduced such costs by 40% - from 86 bps to ...

Tax incentive could boost affordable housing: ISA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
In its submission to the federal government's inquiry into housing affordability, Industry Super Australia has suggested superannuation funds could play a key role in creating more affordable housing. "Simply increasing overall housing stock will not ...

New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... heard. Appearing at the conference, Housing Action Network consultant Carrie Hamilton, Community Housing Industry Association chief executive Wendy Hayhurst and deputy director of Swinburne Centre for Urban Transitions Christian (Andi) Nygaard discussed ...
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