superannuation guarantee

Superannuation

Industry fund advertisements seek to lock in 12%

A major television advertising campaign funded by Industry Super Australia appears targeted at locking the Government in to its promised 12% superannuation guarantee targ...

Superannuation

Govt warned on choice of super unintended consequences

UniSuper has warned that its members will have to foot the bill unless the Government takes account of the unique nature of defined benefit schemes in its changes to choi...

Superannuation

ANU study on SG ‘a fantasy’: ISA

A new study from the Australian National University on the super guarantee assumes that every Australian is a single man who is in the workforce for more than 40 years st...

Superannuation

SG: One size does not fit all say academics

New Australian National University modelling around the superannuation guarantee has raised serious questions about its equity, particularly with respect to low income ea...

Superannuation

ISA wants super funds and unions delegated to pursue SG debts

Industry Super Australia has suggested that the Australian Taxation Office delegate superannuation funds and trade unions to pursue superannuation guarantee debts from re...

Policy & Regulation

IPA supports gov reintroduction of SG amnesty

The Institute of Public Accountants has put its support behind the Government’s reintroduction of the superannuation guarantee amnesty bill....

Editorial

What is really motivating the Retirement Income Review?

A significant question mark will hang over the Government’s Retirement Income Review if all it seeks to achieve is abandonment of the superannuation guarantee timetable a...

Policy & Regulation

Is the 12% SG under threat from review?

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

Superannuation

ISA argues for empowerment of unions and funds

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...

Policy & Regulation

FPA backs key superannuation bill

Unscrupulous employers who use their employees’ salary sacrifice superannuation contribution to reduce their superannuation guarantee obligations should be stopped, accor...

Superannuation

Industry funds claim polling rejects super wind-back

Industry Super Australia has used specific polling to claim the Government will lose electoral support if it pursues measures which undermine the superannuation guarantee...

Superannuation

Rule out damaging the SG urge industry funds

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...

Superannuation

Lib Senator: Make SG voluntary for low income earners

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

Superannuation

AIST seeks raise in Superannuation Guarantee

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has called for the Superannuation Guarantee to be raised to 12 per cent rather than held at 9.5 per cent in order to p...