Ban on Advertising Superannuation Products During Employee Onboarding
Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025
House of Representatives
Senate
Assent
Topics
charitable donations employee benefits retirement savings sports funding superannuation tax exemptions
Introduced by: The Hon Dr Daniel Mulino MP (ALP)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Dr Daniel Mulino ALP
“I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill introduces a number of important reforms to the superannuation and tax laws to implement our election commitments, streamline systems and processes and reduce compliance costs for taxpayers.”
Jo Briskey ALP
“Former prime minister—and the architect of superannuation—Paul Keating once said, ’Superannuation was always about more than just a savings account; it was about the democratisation of capital, giving every worker a stake in the wealth of the nation they are building.”
“Listening to the member for Goldstein talk against the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025, a bill targeted at superannuation reform, reminds me of something very important, and that is that the more things change, the more they stay the same.”
Barnaby Joyce PHON
“I listened to the remarks of the honourable member who just concluded about keeping things safe, about dignity and about making sure that people can get their super and that no-one intrudes on it. That all sounds like marvellous stuff, except for people who were with the First Guardian and Shield funds, where $1.2 billion went missing.”
Dan Repacholi ALP
“I rise to speak in support of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choices in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025. This is a bill that may appear complex at first glance, but at its heart it is about something very straightforward. It’s about making sure that the systems Australians rely on are fair and transparent and genuinely work in their best interests.”
“The amendment moved by the member for Fairfax will be supported by the coalition, and I’m glad that the member for Hunter has acknowledged in his contribution the truck drivers of this country and the freight industry as a whole, because, at the moment, the trucking and transport sector is in freefall.”
Matt Gregg ALP
“I rise in support of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025. I rise somewhat surprised that there seem to be expressions of controversy and outrage to the contents of this important bill. The bill might not be the thing capturing the excitement of the media right now, but it is nonetheless an important part of the business of governing.”
Allegra Spender IND
“I rise to speak to the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025. While I will not oppose this bill, I want to raise concerns I have with schedule 2 of this bill, which could result in less, not more, choice in superannuation products.”
Ms ROBERTS
“The incorporated speech read as follows— I rise today in strong support of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025—legislation that strengthens fairness, flexibility, and transparency across our superannuation and taxation frameworks.”
Aaron Violi LIB
“The Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025 is another treasury laws amendment bill, and we have Labor Party government 101—make sure that it has a very impressive-sounding name. That has to be the first thing you get right.”
“I rise today to speak in support of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025, brought forward by the Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, and I commend him for doing so. When I was 16 years old I worked in hospo. I was young, enthusiastic and excited to join the workforce and to work hard for my future.”
David Moncrieff ALP
“Superannuation plays such an important role in securing the financial wellbeing of Australians while also making a tremendous contribution to investment in the Australian economy. Superannuation has provided modern Australians with the financial independence that would have been unimaginable to any of the generations that preceded them.”
Madonna Jarrett ALP
“I rise in support of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025. This bill introduces important reforms to superannuation and tax laws to implement our election commitments, streamline systems and processes, and reduce compliance costs for taxpayers. Let’s start with super. Labor is the party of superannuation. Why?”
Renee Coffey ALP
“In Griffith people change jobs often—a hospitality worker picking up extra shifts along Boundary Street, a nurse moving between hospitals, a tradie starting as a new subcontractor in Woolloongabba, a graduate launching their career with a new tertiary degree or TAFE qualification—and, every time that happens, a very ordinary human admin moment comes around again: the dreaded onboarding forms.”
Mary Doyle ALP
“I rise to speak on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025. Without a doubt, Labor is the party of superannuation. This bill is yet another step that our government has taken to strengthen a system that delivers on its purpose of providing income for a dignified retirement.”
Jerome Laxale ALP
“It’s great to see you up there in the chair, Deputy Speaker Sharkie, and I look forward to addressing the chair as we talk about this TLAB. It obviously has lots of schedules, but I’ll be focusing—as you would expect from a Labor member of parliament—on our wonderful reforms to super, not only located in this bill here today but also more broadly.”
Tony Zappia ALP
“It was Labor that introduced super in 1992, and it did so to ensure that all Australian workers could retire with dignity and financial security. It has been Labor ever since then that has ensured that the superannuation guarantee that was introduced continues to serve Australian workers in the way it was intended to.”
“Superannuation was introduced by Labor to provide workers with dignity in retirement.”
Anthony Chisholm ALP
“I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to have the second reading speech incorporated in Hansard. Leave granted.”
Claire Chandler LIB
“I rise to make a contribution on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025. This bill contains several sensible measures which the coalition will be supporting, and I will outline those measures here today.”
Lisa Darmanin ALP
“I agree with Senator Chandler that superannuation is one of the great economic triumphs of our country and should not be politicised.”
Nick McKim GRN
“I offer on behalf of the Australian Greens our support for this bill, the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill. As colleagues would know, schedule 2 of the bill amends the Corporations Act to limit advertising of superannuation funds, during employee onboarding, to APRA regulated funds.”
Josh Dolega ALP
“I acknowledge and echo a lot the words of Senator McKim in relation to his contribution on schedule 5. But I start off today to rise in support of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025. The core of this bill is about ensuring that working people have a genuine choice when it comes to their superannuation.”
“Last year’s pre-election budget contained a hidden announcement indicating the federal government’s intention to award deductible gift recipient status to Equality Australia. Additionally, deductible gift recipient is called registered charity status. That allows donations to the organisation to be claimed as tax deductions.”
“I rise to speak on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025. There is nothing particularly offensive about the bill. This is a multischedule Treasury bill that covers a range of unrelated measures—for those who are tuning in and watching Senate time at 6.40 on a Wednesday night. Some elements of the bill are sensible and deserve support.”
Katy Gallagher ALP
“I’d like to thank all the senators who have contributed to this debate. I note the Senate economics committee report on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025, including the dissenting report and additional comments, but the government does not support the recommendations outlined.”