This submission is a joint response from:
- Super Consumers Australia
- Economic Abuse Reference Group (EARG)
- Redfern Legal Centre
- Domestic Violence NSW
- Each
- Safe and Equal
- Australian Multicultural Women’s Alliance (AMWA)
We welcome the opportunity to comment on the Government’s policy options to prevent perpetrators of domestic and family violence (DFV) from receiving the superannuation death benefits of victim-survivors (VSs) (the reform). We also welcome the broader definition for DFV used in the Consultation Paper (page 2) to encompass a range of behaviours, experiences and relationships, including coercive control and abuse.
The reform is an opportunity to address some of the critical gaps in the current superannuation system that result in poor and inconsistent outcomes for people impacted by DFV and/or abuse and superannuation being misused by perpetrators.