The “Treasury Laws Amendment (Fair and Sustainable Superannuation) Bill 2016” received Royal Assessment on 29 November 2016 and ushered in probably the greatest changes to the Australian super system in 10 years. 

As you will see from the following guide, the changes are extensive, complex, impact on both the contributions, benefit payment and reporting regimes creating the need to comprehensively review the members accounts and current strategy positions.

While there are many strategy considerations and potential decision points, this paper seeks only to summarise what the new rules are, it does not consider the strategy options that may flow from there.


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If you missed Netwealth’s ‘New super changes, new planning opportunities’ adviser webinar where Netwealth’s Technical Services team presented on the new super changes, click here to view the presentation slides.