In a recent interview with the Minister on the topic, ABC Lateline’s Tony Jones raised the issue that many providers currently take commission on super contributions. “The not-for-profit industry super funds say that as an absolute minimum the Government must ban all commissions on super contributions.

“The not-for-profit sector is obviously thinking that this is altering the way in which these funds operate. In other words, the people who are taking commissions are not operating on behalf of their clients, but on behalf of a profit-taking institution. And they’re asking the question, should they not be operating on behalf of their clients, and should that be in fact mandated that they do?” Jones said.

Minister Sherry conceded that this had “been a contentious issue for a long period of time,” but went on to say “I just caution about simplistic solutions to what are very complex sets of issues and I’m not going to prejudge the outcome.”