Super wars
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Superannuation
Super Fit: how to get your superannuation into better shape
Expert tips and advice on creating the healthiest possible super balance so that you can have a comfortable retirement.
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The superannuation rules setting up a ‘major generational clash’
A Liberal senator is questioning why people cannot use their superannuation to buy a home, given self-managed super funds own almost $49 billion in residential real estate.
- by Rachel Clun
Exclusive
Property prices
Coalition’s super-for-housing policy would drive up property prices: analysis
The Super Members Council found the scheme to allow first home buyers to withdraw $50,000 from super for a deposit would push home prices up by 9 per cent.
- by Rachel Clun
Opinion
Superannuation
These are the top-performing super funds for retirees
Returns for funds in retirement phase are rarely shared, despite the fact they regularly outperform typical accumulation accounts.
- by Bec Wilson
Opinion
Ask an expert
Is $11,000 a year for financial advice too much?
The value of a financial advisor can sometimes be intangible, but for $11,000 you’d want to be getting significant support.
- by Paul Benson
Watchdog sues AustralianSuper over 90,000 duplicate accounts
ASIC has taken the country’s biggest super fund to court for failing to merge duplicate accounts, which cost members about $69 million.
- by Millie Muroi
Government mulling superannuation as part of aged care solution
Sources close to the government said it was a “no-brainer” for super to be part of the mix for funding aged care as costs climb over the next decade.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
‘Money still flowing’: Activist group finds super funds pour $34b into new fossil fuel projects
Environmental activist group Market Forces accused Australia’s 30 biggest superannuation funds of greenwashing while actually increasing their exposure to fossil fuel companies.
- by Jessica Yun
Opinion
Superannuation
Rein in super tax breaks to give the young a fair go
The Albanese government should do more to rein in excessively generous super tax breaks, so the burden of an ageing population can be shared fairly between young and old.
- by Brendan Coates and Joey Moloney
Exclusive
Superannuation
Health crisis, yes. Home deposit, not so much: What voters think super should be used for
Only 37 per cent of voters believe super should be used for a deposit on a first home, highlighting a clash on plans to set the purpose of $3.3 trillion in savings.
- by David Crowe
Chalmers hits back at ‘hypocritical’ Coalition over super tax reforms
Labor came under fire for not indexing their superannuation tax threshold, but will use modelling to show the Coalition’s own changes will affect triple the number of Australians.
- by Shane Wright
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