Superannuation & SMSFs
Written by Helen Hodgson, Associate Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
Women retire with embarrassingly little super compared to men.
While superannuation changes were debated all through 2016 we were often reminded that the superannuation system is still maturing. Many workers retiring today were not members of a superannuation scheme for much of their working life.
The cabinet papers of
…Will competition in the superannuation system improve efficiency, or is this an ideological argument extended beyond its usefulness? If more competition would promote efficiency, what design and policy issues need to be addressed to accommodate the changes?
The Productivity Commission’s
…The latest Productivity Commission report, Superannuation for Post-Retirement, highlights two aspects of post-retirement income policy that have recently attracted considerable attention: the age at which people should be able to access their superannuation, and whether lump sum withdrawals should
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