The One Nation party has proposed allowing Australians paying rent or a mortgage to divert up to 3% of their superannuation for up to three years, giving them a choice to boost their income. According to the plan, this would involve diverting 25% of the 12% compulsory superannuation contribution. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has criticized the idea, saying it would "end super as we know it" and make Australian workers poorer. One Nation's treasury spokesman argues that it's a matter of attitude, giving people back their own money rather than taking it out of their current balance.
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One Nation reveals plan to divert superannuation to boost pay
Australians paying rent or a mortgage would be given a choice to divert a portion of their superannuation to boost their income for up to three years under a One Nation proposal.
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Joyce argues One Nation super plan a 'change in attitude'
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Barnaby Joyce can't see why the government would have an issue with One Nation's proposed superannuation plan.
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It's a change in attitude — that if you're doing it tough, you get some of your own money back," he argued at a press conference in Sydney this morning.
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The One Nation treasury spokesman said the policy, which would allow renters and mortgage holders to carve out a quarter of their 12 per cent super payments for up to three years, would help "keep people in their home".
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"What we are doing here is giving people back some of their own money from the future, not taking it out of their current balance, but [out of] some of their own money in the future.
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And what we have to realise [is] that superannuation is not a national asset.
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It's individuals' asset," he says.
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"If you lose your house, as an accountant, you're going to be vastly worse off than the benefit you'll get from that margin of investment over the longer-term.
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I just can't see why the government's got a problem with this.
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One Nation wants to 'end super as we know it':
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Chalmers
Jim Chalmers has accused One Nation of wanting to "end superannuation as we know it" by allowing renters or mortgage holder to access some of their super early.
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The minor party has proposed giving people a choice to divert 3 per cent of their 12 per cent compulsory superannuation contribution to boost their income.
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The opt-in scheme could apply for up to three years.
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The treasurer is no fan of this idea and made his way down to the House of Representatives doors (where reporters are stationed to lob questions at arriving MPs) to make his feelings known.
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It's now beyond doubt that any Coalition government with One Nation in it will cut your super.
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This means less money and less economic security for millions of Australian workers," he says.
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"Every time One Nation is asked to support the financial interests of Australian workers, they oppose the financial interests of Australian workers.
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By ending super as we know it, by making Australian workers poorer as a consequence … this is exactly why One Nation poses an unacceptable and dangerous risk to Australian workers."
We'll need to wait and see how an opt-out algorithm would work
Communications Minister Anika Wells isn't giving much away when it comes to the design of a proposed plan to allow Australians to opt out of social media algorithms.
The plan is part of the government's digital duty of care legislation which is expected to be introduced to parliament later this week.
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Wells says it's about giving Australians "more choice" about what they see on their social media feeds.
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But how would it work?
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She wouldn't say.
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"That's something we'll work through with our experts … but the policy intent is clear.
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Australians want more choice.
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We want to give that to them and we want to hold big tech to account," she says.
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Coalition's criticism of opt-out algorithm akin to 'protesting seatbelts': Butler
Labor frontbencher Mark Butler is rejecting claims the introduction of an opt-out algorithm amounts to censorship.
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The government's digital duty of care legislation will be introduced to parliament later this week and is expected to create an opt-out system so users can turn off algorithms on social media.
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But the Coalition is concerned the laws would hand the minister too much power to determine what constitutes online harm.
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Speaking with ABC Radio National Breakfast, Butler said the change is pretty "unremarkable" as he dismissed the opposition's claim.
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"It's pretty unremarkable really to expect that big companies have a duty of care not to harm Australian citizens, particularly frankly young Australians," he says.
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"You know, the idea is that this is some censorship or infringement of civil liberties almost harks back to the days of the 1970s when people were protesting about seatbelts being introduced to cars."
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'Nothing more than a headline': Coalition rubbishes One Nation's super plan
Deputy Liberal leader Jane Hume has dismissed One Nation's super proposal as nothing more than a "headline".
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The minor party wants to grant workers with a mortgage or paying rent access to a portion of their superannuation contributions as a pay boost.
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She said One Nation had a lot of questions to answer on how this policy would interact with a person's super balance or their concessional caps.
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It hasn't really been explained," she tells News Breakfast.
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"One Nation does have a bit of a habit of putting out a headline and putting out no details and they don't think this is a serious thing."
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Coalition concerned plan for opt-out algorithm would hand minister too much power
Deputy Liberal leader Jane Hume is concerned a proposal for social media users to turn off their algorithm could result in government overreach.
The digital duty of care legislation, expected to be introduced to parliament this week, will create an opt-out system so users can turn off algorithms on social media.
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Hume tells ABC News Breakfast she's concerned the draft laws hand the minister too much power.
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"We don't feel that the minister should have the powers to determine what is and is not online harm ... particularly without any parliamentary scrutiny.
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That would be of considerable concern," she says.
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