Superannuation



How would you feel if you were having a Zoom meeting with your accountant and they asked “how would you like to save more than… Read More ›

The Australian Government Opens a Coronavirus Super Loophole: It’s Legal to Put Your Money In, Take It Out, and Save on Tax

The key challenge for the Australian retirement income system is how to take full advantage of its Defined Contribution basis (including inter-generational equity and financial… Read More ›

Retirement Income Review: Focus More on Secure Retirement Income Streams, and Settle the Adequacy Debate

Artworks contribute to the creation of distinct national cultures and to economic growth. National art collections attract tourists. Local government commonly relies on the arts… Read More ›

Towards Optimal Tax-Benefits Treatment of Collectors of Artworks

At the heart of the debate over higher compulsory superannuation sit big trade-offs that are too rarely acknowledged. Boosting retirement incomes inevitably comes at a… Read More ›

On Any View, the Case for Higher Compulsory Super Hasn’t Been Made

There is a case for not proceeding with, or at least further deferring, the legislated increase in employers’ compulsory superannuation contributions, the Superannuation Guarantee, from… Read More ›

Grattan Institute Attacks the Wrong Target – Pension Assets Test Is the Problem

The Australian retirement income system has been praised as one of the best in the world. In the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, it was… Read More ›

Better Targeting of Australia’s Age Pension

In the field of tax, hard truths are playing out in this year’s election. The first is that special concessions that privilege older, wealthier voters… Read More ›

The Newest Election Faultline Isn’t Left Versus Right, It’s Young Versus Old – and It’s Hardening

Editor’s note: This is the text of the speech given by Danielle Wood at the Women in Economics pre-Budget event, held at the National Press… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2019] Women in Economics 2019 Federal Budget Reflections

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