SG

Policy & Regulation

Industry superannuation funds have reinforced the fact that lifting the Superannuation Guarantee to 12% has already been legislated amid suggestions that the Government’s...

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Superannuation

Senator Jane Hume has announced an extension of legislation to establish a one-off amnesty for the historical underpayment of super guarantee. ...

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Policy & Regulation

A major seniors group has notified a parliamentary committee of instances of employers gaming the $450 superannuation guarantee threshold to avoid their obligations....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia wants unions and industry funds empowered to act as agents of the Australian Taxation Office to pursue employers who don’t meet their superannuat...

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Superannuation

The two major industry superannuation fund groups have urged the Government to rule out tampering with or delaying the scheduled increases in the superannuation guarantee...

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Superannuation

Former Financial Services Council policy executive and newly-elected NSW Liberal Senator, Andrew Bragg has pointed to vested interests in the superannuation industry and ...

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Superannuation

Spouse split contributions can boost women’s super and July is the best time of year to consider filing a superannuation contributions splitting application, according to...

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Superannuation

The Grattan Institute has stood by its position that the superannuation guarantee (SG) should remain at 9.5 per cent, saying that predictions of insufficient retirement i...

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Superannuation

The Grattan Institute’s recommendation that more rental housing assistance be provided is not enough to combat the housing strain faced by retirees, the Australian Instit...

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Superannuation

The Federal Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has made clear the Government will opt for retirement income certainty rather than the superannuation guarantee recommendations of ...

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Superannuation

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has joined the dissent against the Grattan Institute’s retirement report, labelling it “an unprecedented attack on th...

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia has strongly disagreed with Grattan Institute analysis that the superannuation guarantee does not need to rise to 12 per cent....

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Superannuation

Industry Super Australia is urging the Government to legislate to compel employers to pay the superannuation guarantee at the same time they pay wages to overcome continu...

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Superannuation

The 12-month Superannuation Guarantee amnesty must pass through the Senate so Australians can “get on with it,” according to the Institute of Public Accountants. ...

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Superannuation

The key superannuation and financial services stakeholders were neither informed nor consulted about the Government’s proposed one-year amnesty on employer superannuation...

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