Government reviews of superannuation

One of the few certainties about superannuation is that you will never need to wait too long for another government review into superannuation. Some of the reviews conducted in recent years include:

2010: Henry Tax Review
2010: Super System Review (Cooper Review)
2015: Financial System Inquiry (Murray Inquiry)
2015: Tax Discussion Paper
2019: Productivity Commission inquiry into Superannuation
2019: Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry
2020: Retirement Income Review

Set out below are the latest guides that relate to government reviews of superannuation.

What should the federal government’s super and retirement planning priorities be?

1 June 2022

As we see the dawn of a new government, we asked some of Australia’s top experts in superannuation and retirement planning what they think the government should be focusing on.

Key observations from the Retirement Income Review

24 November 2020

It’s quite a challenge to succinctly summarise the 233,117 words of the Retirement Income Review, and the report itself will be dwarfed by the coverage it receives in the coming weeks, months and years.

Revamp for super system: Financial Services Royal Commission recommends change

5 February 2019

The final report from the Royal Commission is likely to result in major change for the superannuation industry – both for super fund members and for trustees and executives managing the large super funds.

Super’s next shake up? Productivity Commission gets tough

11 January 2019

Australia’s current super system is “harming millions of members” through underperforming funds, multiple accounts and excessive fees.