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“However, the fact that super continues not to be paid on parental leave remains a glaring gap in our super system.
“For too long Australian women have paid the ‘motherhood penalty’ for the time they take out of the workforce to care for children. More needs to be done to improve their retirement outcomes. Paying super on paid parental leave is an easy and obvious fix,”
Blakey said the super system favoured those on higher incomes with unbroken work patterns.
“There are few other budget measures that specifically address the long-standing gender inequities in our super system,” she said.
She noted that her members would welcome the Government confirming it would stick to the legislated increases in the super guarantee that would see it rise to 12% in 2025.