Tracey Spicer talks to industry experts, including Noel Whittaker, Stephen Huppert and Bina Brown as well as representatives of the FPA, SMSF Association, Super Consumers Australia and Women in Super about their take on the 2020 Federal Budget.
Set out below are all SuperGuide articles that relate to Super news.
Super news for October 2020
One-off super amnesty a success, Customers remain satisfied with super funds, Latest statistics for SMSFs, ASFA supports 40:40 Vision campaign, Early Release Scheme data, Cybersecurity matters more than ever.
2020 Federal Budget overview: Super, tax and related announcements
This year the headline announcements are the bringing forward of tax cuts already announced in the 2018 and 2019 Federal Budgets, but there are also some interesting announcements around superannuation.
This budget will only work if business and consumers play ball
This is an extraordinary giveaway budget, driven by desperate circumstances that would have been inconceivable less than a year ago. The debt and deficit numbers are predictably eye-watering – but the gamble is whether they are big enough.
Budget 2020: Frydenberg tells Australians, ‘we have your back’
Accelerated tax cuts, cash splashes for pensioners, massive incentives for business to invest and a subsidy to hire unemployed people are the centrepieces of the Morrison government’s COVID-19 budget.
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The budget assumes a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available next year. Is this feasible?
The Australian federal budget, unveiled on Tuesday, bases several assumptions on Australians having access to a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021.
Budget 2020: Promising tax breaks, but relying on hope
The budget is a statement of faith, or hope.
The budget’s tax cuts have their critics, but this year they make fiscal sense
This year’s budget is something of a play in two acts. Act one involves large economic stimulus to help plug the hole in output generated by the coronavirus pandemic. Act two tries to set Australia up for a bounce back in economic growth and employment that involves more than just waiting for the pandemic to end.
Don’t worry about the debt: We need more stimulus to avoid a prolonged recession
After two decades equating budget surpluses with good economic management, it might seem convenient that the federal government has changed its fiscal strategy just before the budget to focus on jobs over keeping the deficit in check.
Big budget spending isn’t new: It’s a return to what worked before
It’s easy to get the impression the massive government spending and deficits and debt required by the pandemic are new. Yet for almost all of the years since Federation the Commonwealth budget has been in deficit.
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Government more optimistic on economic growth
The Federal Government’s updated economic outlook released last night includes a much more upbeat forecast for economic growth in 2021 than its earlier economic and fiscal update released in July.
Federal Budget: Government announces new super comparison tool and performance test
The Government has committed $159.6 million over four years to implement superannuation reforms that it says will save members $17.9 billion over the next decade.
Super news for September 2020
Early release super scheme hurts the young and low paid, ‘Herstory’ of superannuation, Confusion about ESG and super caps and Increased appetite for financial advice.
Video: Senator Jane Hume on changes to super
Tracey Spicer talks to Senator Jane Hume, Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology about recent and upcoming superannuation changes including the early release of super scheme, the proposed rise to the superannuation guarantee, what can be done to improve super outcomes for women and the outstanding recommendations from the Royal Commission.
Super news for August 2020
No September rise for Age Pension?, Premiums up in smoke, Call to open infrastructure investment to all super funds, High risk for managed funds, Seniors demand more help at home, Pensioners charged double, Australia ranked 3rd best in world’s top pension plans.