News
For the first time since the 1990s, nearly 15,000 retired South Australian public servants will see their indexed pensions frozen until consumer prices bounce back – but the state Treasurer has intervened to ensure they don’t lose money.
Opinion
Allowing the young and cash-strapped early access to superannuation to help them through the pandemic will have long-term ramifications and undermines the system, argues Marielle Smith.
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As we hear more and more reports of people in their 20s and 30s taking advantage of the special eligibility criteria to withdraw from their superannuation, concern is mounting about the long-term implications on their financial health.
South Australian public servants would be free to choose where their superannuation goes, like other Australians, under a bill being drafted by the State Government.
Thousands of Australians are sleepwalking into a scenario where they will no longer have life insurance, income protection and total permanent disability insurance, warns legal commentator Morry Bailes.
Older women are increasingly facing financial hardship for structural reasons that are being ignored by policy-makers, writes Tania Tonkin.
Constant change to the rules governing tax and superannuation is not only unfair, but it damages the community’s faith in our political system, argues Morry Bailes.
