1 Mar 2023

Australia: Super change, benchtop ban, women's T20 win, staying young

From Nine To Noon, 9:50 am on 1 March 2023

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about a controversial move by the Albanese government to change the tax treatment of retirement incomes - despite an election campaign promise there'd be no "major" changes to superannuation law.

It's targeting those with more than $A3m in their super accounts.

Federal and state governments are considering a ban on engineered stone, commonly used to make kitchen and bathroom benchtops because the high silica content is deadly to stonemasons who breathe it in while cutting it.

There's been another great win for Australia's women's cricket team and a new report finds there are six major states of life - and adolescence isn't over until 28.

Karen Middleton is chief political correspondent for The Saturday Paper. 

Anthony Albanese

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone