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Taskforce unveils recommendations for economic equality

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2023
... share-caring responsibilities. Specifically, this involves abolishing the Child Care Subsidy Activity Test, and investing in universal, high-quality, and affordable early childhood education and care. Another recommendation the WEET suggests is to extend ...

Chalmers delivers on childcare

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... keep connected to the workforce, they typically have higher earnings throughout their working lives, with more in their super account when they retire." Blakey added that governments investing in early childhood education also makes smart economic sense. ...

Vale Tom McDonald

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... industry based occupational superannuation scheme for building workers and enabled the creation of a legislated universal super system in 1992 by the Keating Government. The building unions' fund, the prototype of industry super funds, was initially ...

Many who accessed ERS unsure of impact: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Aging Research (CEPAR) and Cbus, revealed that many people who withdrew their super were uncertain about the long-term consequences of their decision. Over 3000 Cbus members who accessed the government's early ...

Super remains grossly inequitable: Per Capita

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... Superannuation, said the system needs to be altered to create more equitable outcomes between the genders. "Australia's system of universal superannuation is among the world's best retirement savings scheme, and the introduction of the Superannuation ...

Life insurance needs to prove value

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... in their cover." "We need to start to recognise the traditional group model is being diluted. It's historically been universal cover for all and everyone contributes but not everyone claims." Evans explained the Protecting Your Super and Putting Members' ...

Retirement review goes off the rails

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... decisions." Sitting among a raft of left-field ideas pitched to the secretariat is a proposal from BetaShares to install a universal pension funded in part by past and future superannuation contributions of members. The new system would see members split ...

BetaShares calls for universal pension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... where for certain balances additional savings are discouraged due to the effect of losing pension entitlements. "With a universal pension in place, an Australian retiree can choose to spend or save additional income or assets based on their personal ...

Class action accuses NAB of super rip-off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... members. It names two NAB group entities, MLC Nominees and NULIS Nominees. MLC Nominees was the trustee of The Universal Super Scheme which merged with others to become the MLC Super Fund in July 2016 - NULIS was the trustee of that fund. The class action ...

Federal Budget: Industry responds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2019
... Budget, which was headlined by personal tax cuts and a $7.1 billion surplus - Australia's first in 12 years. Industry Super Australia said the changes to voluntary superannuation contributions for those who have retired (or are on the cusp of doing ...
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