The concept of superannuation was introduced through the Superannuation Guarantee (SG) with the idea of managing, accumulating and growing assets of members so that once retirement arrives they can enjoy a higher standard of living without concern for a shortage of income when retirement occurs, they arrive in the form of pension, lump sums or both. It is further explained by Dawkins (1992) that our current retirement income system was weak and that there was a need to strengthen Australia’s national saving performance. He stated “Greater domestic saving will relax the current account constraint on Australia’s economic performance. It will mean that we can grow faster without relying so heavily on foreign saving and building up an …show more content…
Super funds are either accumulation funds or defined funds, accumulated contribution funds are the most common type of superannuation fund and they act as a bank account, however the benefits made by them are not capital guaranteed which means that the benefits may be depreciated due to negative investment returns. These are the sorts of investment risks that comes with superannuation. Administration charges, policy fees, insurance premiums and taxes are deducted from members account. Defined benefit funds are based off a formula using the member’s final salary and the years of their employment. This fund also holds investment risk as if the investment is too high the amount that the employer is required to contribute to the fund can reduce and contributions may not be needed. The Financial System Inquiry (FSI) released a recommendation stating “Seek broad political agreement for, and enshrine in legislation, the objectives of the superannuation system and report publicly on how policy proposals are consistent with achieving these objectives over the long term”. This phrase was directed at the government with respects of them agreeing with the intent of the superannuation system for providing income within retirement instead of relying entirely on the age pension. However, that isn’t the only objective of the superannuation system, the objectives branch off into multiple subsidiary objectives such as
Some of the major industries of Australian economy are—manufacturing, finance, ship building, information and technology, agricultural, mining, and insurance. Mining industry is one of the chief industries which have led to the growth of population in the Australian continent, right from the time when gold was discovered in Australia. Mineral and fuels top the list of Australian exports. Australia has often been called resource-rich because of its huge natural deposits of many very useful and valuable fossil fuels, metals and minerals. Although the agricultural industry has witnessed a fall from its position during the 1970’s, it still contributes towards Australian economy. Australia was one of the largest exporters of beef and wool in the whole world and the third largest of wine and wheat. When Australia was first settled by Europeans, who brought with them their farming practices and food processing techniques, it took a few years to produce primary products for sale.by 1790 beer, butter and cheese were on sale in small quantities in the Sydney and Parramatta markets. But then more people started arriving in Australia and the population grew, so more food was needed. Because early settlers saw what they believed to be lots of uninhabited land for the farmers to work with, they decided to grow both crops and raise
The budget aims to establish and stimulate a stable economy, invest in Australia’s future and provide a fairer tax and welfare system.
Commonwealth Government, Budget Paper No 3: Australia’s Federal Relations, 2009-10, 12 May 2009, p 7.
A pension is a regular payment made during a person's retirement from an investment fund from which that person
After one year, all superannuation strategies offered returns between -0.20 per cent and 0.15 per cent, and are exemplified in the graph below (Figure 4).
With the population aging, the dependency ratio will decrease greatly as those that are supporting those dependent on the government age themselves which means that there may be less people to carry Australia’s
Australia’s economy is well established, with high greenhouse gas emissions per capita. Renewable and non-renewable energy resources are in abundance, and the high production of coal is only set to increase. In addition to being one of the leading exporters of coal, Australia is soon to become the world’s largest export of liquefied natural gas (LNG). (Pathways to deep carbonisation). These factors can be controlled by decarbonisation to bring Australia’s economy down from its intensely high emissions. So what might a decarbonised economy mean for Australia?
There are just two sorts of commitments that can be made into your superannuation account:
Superannuation is when portions of an employee’s earnings are paid to a specified fund by the employer at least every three months. When the employee has reached retirement age and is no longer working full time, they can receive this money either as a lump sum or in the form of a pension to support them in their old age. As an employer, you will need to make this payment on behalf of your employees and yourself.
This report will detail the state of the Australia economy using key economic indicators, and provide an analysis and pinpoint any economic problems. Using this information it will further provide recommendations how to apply the monetary policy in the short and medium term to help the Australian government achieve its main economic objectives. Finally it will state the effects of these recommendations using three outlined economic criteria.
Good afternoon, allow me to introduce myself. I’m Braiden Simpson, advisor to the treasury. Thank you for inviting me here to speak to you today about the current economic climate and to discuss well-structured policies and strategies to ensure the sustained wellbeing and growth of the Australian economy. We are all aware that through the introduction of strong policies that stimulate economic growth, policies that protect jobs, encourage job creation and the need to keep our economy stable through well managed macro-economic policies are what is required to ensure a continued advanced Australian welfare. Macro-economic policies are concerned with policies issues and objectives that affect the whole of our economy, however there are three main
Strategizing’s your superannuation to encourage the most efficient and effective way to boost income is of vital importance. By adjusting your current superannuation situation, it could increase the income you have later in life when you need it.
The most obvious and enduring argument for supporting this reform agenda of increasing the GST’s rate and broadening the base is that it will increase federal taxation revenue by an estimated $44 billion. Proponents argue that this increased revenue could be put to productive use by state governments through covering shortfalls in education and healthcare budgets and that it would ultimately act to make the budgetary outlook in Australia more sustainable. Moreover, many adherents suggest that the issue of repairing Australia’s current account position has become far more urgent in recent years as a result of the large Keynesian stimulus expenditures performed in response to the Global Financial Crisis (Karunaratne 2010). Paradoxically, through using budgetary repair as the primary justification for this reform, supporters of modifying the GST are subtly undermining their own argument once the corresponding weaknesses of the Grattan plan are examined. Due to the aforementioned regressive nature of sales taxes, the GST reform package includes targeted compensatory payments and tax cuts that are designed to ensure that the bottom 20% of households by income are not severely crippled by the increased tax burden that a higher GST would produce in isolation. This necessity to
Several nations are encountering increasing pension spending, generally coupled with substantial pensioner poverty. Pensions tend to be complex and associated with an individual 's health and well-being during the latter part of their lifespan, and even throughout their working life, because they provide financial stability during retirement. Given that people are living longer, successive UK governments have continuously revised policy pertaining to social security expenditure in terms of pensions; for example, the retirement age has been raised in the past few years. However, it is clear that there has remained unbalanced wealth distribution
This research paper examines the causal effect of Australia’s Superannuation Guarantee on household saving behavior to determine the extent to whether compulsory pension schemes have a positive impact on household wealth and their subsequent retirement incomes. The purpose of this study is to explore whether Superannuation Guarantee is an adequate framework as a vehicle for saving for retirement, as it encourages households to provide for themselves in retirement, rather than rely solely on the age pension or the PAYG social security programs. By focusing on the influence of compulsory pension accounts on household wealth, voluntary saving for retirement, and timing of retirement, this paper attempts to explore these areas in order to gain an understanding of how households change their saving behavior in response to Australian’s Superannuation.