Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025

✦ Plain-English Summary

# Treasury Laws Amendment (Supporting Choice in Superannuation and Other Measures) Bill 2025

## What it does

This bill makes several changes to tax and superannuation rules. The main focus is making it easier for employees to choose their own super fund when they start a new job, and stopping super companies from advertising to new workers during the sign-up process. It also includes smaller changes like tax breaks for Rugby World Cup events and adjustments to wine tax rebates.

## Why it matters

The super reforms give you more control over where your employer puts your retirement savings instead of defaulting to one fund. The ban on advertising stops companies from using the onboarding moment—when you're busy with paperwork—to push you toward their products.

## Key details

- **Super choice**: If your employer hasn't given you a standard choice form by the required deadline, they can't make contributions until they do. This kicks in the day after the law passes.
- **No ads during onboarding**: From 1 July 2026, super companies are banned from advertising to employees during the new worker sign-up period.
- **Wider changes**: The bill also updates tax treaties with Portugal, adds new organisations eligible for tax-deductible donations, and increases the wine tax rebate for small producers.

Official Description

Amends the: Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992 to streamline the choice of superannuation fund process during employee onboarding; Corporations Act 2001 to ban advertising of certain superannuation products to new employees as part of the onboarding process; Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 and Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to provide income tax and withholding tax exemptions for World Rugby and its wholly-owned subsidiaries; International Tax Agreements Act 1953 to give legislative authority to the Convention between Australia and the Portuguese Republic for the elimination of double taxation with respect to taxes on income and the prevention of tax evasion and avoidance; Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 to update the list of deductible gift recipients; and A New Tax System (Wine Equalisation Tax) Act 1999 to increase the maximum amount of wine equalisation tax producer rebate claimable by eligible wine producers to $400,000 each financial year.

Committee Referrals

Senate Economics Legislation Committee

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Audit History

Introduced

1 Jan 2023

Last updated on APH

10 Apr 2026

Last checked by Crossbench

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