The Greens are the only party that understands that the economy must work for the benefit of society and not the other way around. We have a progressive plan where tax reform starts at the top by removing unfair tax breaks and wasteful subsidies for polluting industries. Not only will this help address the structural...

Australia’s population is changing, our way of doing business is changing, and the opportunities and challenges we face are changing. As we go through this economic transition, it is vital that our tax and superannuation systems are modernised to ensure that they are doing their job to drive economic growth and national prosperity. A prosperous...

For many years independence has been the catch-cry of policy-makers, regulators and legislators concerned with the corporate governance of listed companies. In Australia, drawing on this model, there has been an increased focus on independence in the context of superannuation fund governance arrangements. As the sector anticipates reform, this paper reports on a series of...

Many Australian women face an insecure retirement. Men's superannuation balances at retirement are on average twice as large as women's. In practice this means that women, particularly single women, are at greater risk of experiencing poverty, housing stress and homelessness in retirement.

We believe that stating the objective for superannuation in isolation is a second-best solution. Income in retirement is supported by the pillars of social security payments (including the age pension), superannuation drawdowns, and assets outside of superannuation (including, most notably, housing). Further, these pillars interact and should ideally be viewed holistically. Treating any one in...