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Employers can rest assured there’s no need to update the rate of superannuation contributions this year. The Superannuation Guarantee (SG) remains at 9.5 per cent. The SG rate will remain on hold until July 2021 when it rises to 10 per cent and then increases by 0.5 per cent each financial year until it reaches […]

Industry Super Fund First Super has appointed Janet Gilbert as a Director, making it the Fund’s fifth female member of the 12-member Board. Ms Gilbert replaces Martin Lewis as an employer representative. First Super’s Board is comprised of an equal number of employer and employee representatives, and two independent representatives. Ms Gilbert is a legal […]

          TCA’s most important 2016 initiative got off to a great start on 1st June in wintery Canberra. It’s an intensive development program to encourage and equip the under 35’s to more confidentially take a lead and communicate about the forest and wood products sector in their own regions. TCA appreciates […]

First Super – the Industry SuperFund for the timber, pulp, paper and furniture industry – has appointed Lisa Marty as Co-Chair. Ms Marty is the fund’s first female Co-Chair and is also believed to be the youngest woman to Chair or Co-Chair a super fund, at age 37. She is a former CEO of the […]

BREXIT update from Frontier Advisor, KC Low On Thursday 23rd June the UK conducted a referendum to decide whether to remain or leave the European Union (EU). By a margin of 52% to 48%, and with the highest turnout in a UK-wide vote since the 1992 UK election, the UK decided to leave the European […]

The Furnishing Industry Association (FIAA) of Australia is an association for the furnishing, kitchen, cabinet-making and joinery industries. It represents a diverse group of more than 650 members and industry partners, says Chief Executive Dean Brakell.

First Super has added another independent director to its Board – former Victorian Government Minister Candy Broad.