Super Guarantee rate

Vital signs. Our compulsory super system is broken. We ought to axe it, or completely reform it

Written by Richard Holden, UNSW. The just-announced inquiry into Australia’s retirement income system ought to be anything but run-of-the-mill. Taking place 25 years after the introduction of compulsory superannuation, it provides an opportunity to either fix a broken system, or discard it as failed experiment. Incremental reform won’t work. There’s… Read More »Vital signs. Our compulsory super system is broken. We ought to axe it, or completely reform it

Grattan Institute superannuation figure $50,000 off the mark, claims ISA

Industry Super Australia claims the Grattan Institute has produced “flawed” modelling to support a call for the Super Guarantee rate to stay at 9.5%. The Grattan Institute’s modelling indicates that increasing the Super Guarantee rate to 12% will cost workers $30,000 over their lifetime. But Industry Super Australia says this… Read More »Grattan Institute superannuation figure $50,000 off the mark, claims ISA

12% super rate vital to women’s retirement, even if widens gender gap

Raising the Superannuation Guarantee rate to 12% is key to improving the retirements of women, despite concerns it could widen the super gender gap, says the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. A debate around raising the Superannuation Guarantee rate is ongoing, driven in part by a report from the Grattan… Read More »12% super rate vital to women’s retirement, even if widens gender gap

Grattan Institute superannuation findings “broadly consistent” with Treasury

The findings in a controversial report from the Grattan Institute are broadly in line with internal Treasury analysis, documents recently released under FOI reveal. A Grattan Institute report released late last year, called Money in retirement: more than enough, found that most Australians would have enough money for retirement, and… Read More »Grattan Institute superannuation findings “broadly consistent” with Treasury

No evidence increases in Super Guarantee comes out of wages

There is “no clear empirical evidence” that increasing the Super Guarantee rate directly lowers wages, according to research by the McKell Institute. As the Institute notes, there is currently a “live debate” over increasing the Super Guarantee rate. The SG rate is currently legislated to gradually increase from its current… Read More »No evidence increases in Super Guarantee comes out of wages

‘Dirty dozen’ of Coalition MPs trying to blow up super system: Labor

A Labor shadow Minister has claimed there is a ‘dirty dozen’ of Coalition MPs with the mission of “blowing up” the superannuation system. The “plot of these conspirators was undisclosed” during the election campaign, Stephen Jones, Labor’s Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services told the Financial Services… Read More »‘Dirty dozen’ of Coalition MPs trying to blow up super system: Labor

Australians reject slower increase to Super Guarantee rate, survey finds

Australians have “overwhelmingly rejected” an attempt to slow or freeze increases in the Superannuation Guarantee, says Industry Super Australia. A survey, released by Industry Super Australia, found 87% supported the Super Guarantee rate rising from 9.5%, with some preferring either 10%, 12% or 15%. The Super Guarantee rate is currently… Read More »Australians reject slower increase to Super Guarantee rate, survey finds

Low income earners should be able to opt-out of Super Guarantee: Liberal Senator

A Liberal Senator has argued for allowing people on low incomes to opt-out of receiving Super Guarantee contributions – instead receiving the money directly – at a time when senior members are ruling out changes to the Super Guarantee. Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has used his first speech to the… Read More »Low income earners should be able to opt-out of Super Guarantee: Liberal Senator