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Turnbull's federal budget puts paid to multimillion-dollar super balances

What the government giveth during the (mining) boom times, it can just as quickly take away when reality sets in - and the need to create a fairer tax system prevails.

Sally Patten
Sally PattenBOSS editor
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Multimillion-dollar superannuation accounts will soon be a thing of the past.

In a series of sweeping reforms that effectively unwind Peter Costello's generous 2006 budget, Treasurer Scott Morrison will not only severely curtail the amount of money that Australians can pump into the tax-friendly super system, but he will force the wealthiest savers to remove money from their tax-free private pensions.

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Sally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London. Connect with Sally on Twitter. Email Sally at spatten@afr.com

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