The current superannuation system, which is based on lifetime earnings, provides much greater tax benefits to those with the capacity to contribute more during their working life and high balances to support tax free pensions in retirement.
The current superannuation system, which is based on lifetime earnings, provides much greater tax benefits to those with the capacity to contribute more during their working life and high balances to support tax free pensions in retirement.
Budget 2016-17 fails to bring Australian women into the centre of the economy and pushes many further into poverty. Cuts to overseas aid hurt vulnerable women in our region.
Economic Security 4 Women is an alliance of women’s organisations united in the belief that economic wellbeing and financial security are essential for women and will enable women of all ages to have an equal place in society.
NFAW notes that a number of employer associations are attempting to rely in their submissions on views expressed in the recently released Productivity Commission report on the Workplace RelationsFramework.
The National Foundation of Australian Women, NFAW, is a non-politically aligned feminist organisation committed to examining the potentially differential impact of policies and their outcomes for men and women and whether the consequences of policies, intended or unintended adversely affect women. ,The aged care workforce is an area of major policy interest to NFAW on four grounds.
This is our third submission to Government in relation to paid parental leave (PPL) legislation. Our recommendations have not changed. Our key points, supported by Productivity Commission research, are that are PPL is an employment issue; that employers should have a role in providing and administering PPL payments; that 26 weeks leave is minimal if the health interests of mothers and newborns are considered; and that payments should include superannuation.
Our position is that every child should be a wanted child, and that parents should have access to good quality information and services which enable them to make decisions as to the numbers and spacing of their children.
NFAW has a strong policy of support for women to make their own life choices – to choose to be a home maker, to choose to do paid work, to choose part time work if that is a real choice. Responsibility for bearing and rearing children, rightly or wrongly falls mostly on women.
NFAW is concerned about the effect of the changes to FTBB contained in the Bill on the poorest families in Australia, and particularly concerned about the effect on sole parents.