The Guardian • superannuation
Issue #2043
SZEL WORDS
Complexities /kəmplˈɛksɪtiz/ Readers who lived in a share house during their student days may remember instant tidying for parties. One top tip for student house-dwellers...
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Issue #2161
HALF THE SKY
Not-so super gaps The government has introduced superannuation payments on government-funded paid parental leave (PPL), a welcome development after years of lobbying by women’s organisations...
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Issue #2033
DINGO
In a massive escalation of the simmering industrial conflict being waged by Svitzer Towage’s Australian management against local tugboat crew, the company gave notice that...
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Issue #2151
HALF THE SKY
Financial abuse includes, but is not limited to the following: – Providing a small allowance and strictly monitoring spending. – Not allowing an adult to...
Read moreGovt white-ants super yet again
On 17th June, the government rushed through both Houses legislation on superannuation.
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Issue #2202
What did the unions ever do for you?
What did the unions ever do for you? Plenty! Some of the most significant improvements in the lives of Australians were achieved by unions. The...
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Issue #2051
DINGO
This International Day of Mourning, the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) remembers those who have lost their life at work and renews calls for...
Read moreGovt to hit Women’s super
Last month, Superannuation Minister Jane Hume (also Minister for Women’s Economic Security [sic]) announced that a draft bill would be released soon for superannuation changes, including new compassionate grounds for early access to super for victims of domestic violence. They would be allowed to apply for up to $10,000 “as an important last resort lifeline.”
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Issue #2088
DINGO
Unpaid overtime isn’t going away any time soon. Health and care service workers do an average 28 hours unpaid care work at home and live...
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Issue #2043
Where is super heading?
When the Albanese government released a superannuation consultation paper last month, it brought the usual suspects out of the woodwork. The hysteria was a reminder...
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Issue #2136
Chaotic, deregulated, unaccountable
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) describes superannuation funds as being “the heart of Australia’s capital market system,” and with good reason. With total...
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Issue #2122
Your super: corporate cash cow
In 1992, the Keating Labor government legislated for compulsory superannuation. It had a number of aims, including winding back the publicly-funded aged pension, shifting responsibility...
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Issue #2146
Tackling super rorts
Superannuation is being used by the wealthy to rort the tax system to the tune of billions of dollars. One of the first things the...
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Issue #2183
Superannuation: Cooking the tax system
On 10 March Parliament passed its Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System bills. The legislation is posed as reforming super tax concessions, “so that...
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Issue #2115
Hands off workers’ super!
The assault on construction industry superannuation fund, Cbus, is part of a wider, ongoing attack on all industry superannuation funds. Industry super funds are not-for-profit....
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Issue #2208
Bragg attempts to bring back failed policies
The Australian Council of Trade Unions says that Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg has returned to old, failed Coalition policy by suggesting that workers should...
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Issue #2158
Parasites, productivity, and super funds
Recently a Superannuation Lending Roundtable was organised by The Australian Financial Review and the Visy cardboard packaging company owned by Anthony Pratt. The headline in...
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Issue #2168
Labor’s superannuation disgrace
The Communist Party of Australia completely rejects the Labor government’s watering down of the proposed reforms to the superannuation tax system. On the 13 October...
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Issue #2170
Payday super passes
Australian Unions have welcomed the passage of the Albanese government’s payday super legislation through Parliament. The new law – requiring employers to pay superannuation on...
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