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APRA performance test data highlights need to expand coverage, end fee gaming

From Super Members Council

The Super Members Council says the latest superannuation performance test data released by APRA today highlights the importance and urgency of expanding test coverage to include all platform products and

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31 Aug 2026

Super Members Council welcomes watershed super safety reforms

From Super Members Council

The Super Members Council has welcomed the Government’s announcement of an integrated package of consumer protection reforms to stop disasters like the Shield and First Guardian collapses, which cost 12,000

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21 Aug 2026

Affordable advice reforms urgent as Australians turn to AI advice, with major risks

From Super Members Council

Australians are turning to artificial intelligence to help them understand their super and prepare for retirement, with new research revealing they’re doing so because they currently can’t access affordable guidance

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14 Aug 2026

Compensation scheme cost blowout reinforces urgent need for comprehensive uplift in consumer protections

From Super Members Council

Yesterday’s revised estimate of this year’s skyrocketing bill for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) confirms the scheme is now being flooded by a surge in unpaid compensation orders

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03 Jul 2026

Fix the gap: Paying super to carers could make them $45,000 better off in retirement

From Super Members Council

Australia’s frontline carers are being made poorer in retirement because they miss out on super when caring intensively for loved ones, often for years, a new report from the Super

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24 Jun 2026

Super balances growing but gender super gap persists

From Super Members Council

New Super Members Council analysis of recently released Australian Tax Office tax data shows Australians’ super balances are growing, which means more money in retirement income for millions of everyday

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22 Jun 2026

Compensation bill must be picked up by those causing harm, not everyday Australians

From Super Members Council

The Super Members Council says the Government should not hand the bill for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort to millions of low-paid Australians, warning it would be a dangerous

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03 Jun 2026

Australians are raring to go for payday super as more businesses adjust to frequent payments

From Super Members Council

Yesterday marks one month until the start of payday super – a reform that has very strong backing from the Australian public, new research has found. An Ideally survey of

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02 Jun 2026

Level the playing field: universally high standards of governance and oversight needed to protect Australians’ super

From Super Members Council

The Super Members Council has called for a comprehensive set of consumer safety reforms to create a level playing field of universally high standards of governance, accountability and oversight across

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28 May 2026

Ban predatory super switching ads to protect Australians’ retirement savings

From Super Members Council

The Super Members Council is calling for an outright ban on lead generation targeting Australians’ superannuation, warning these predatory sales tactics are putting retirement savings at serious risk. The urgent

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27 May 2026

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