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The SMSF changes worth knowing each Thursday.
A short weekly issue covering ATO updates, rule changes, deadlines, and trustee decisions worth raising with your adviser.
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The free weekly SMSF update for Australian trustees who want clear, practical explanations of rule changes, deadlines, and ATO guidance.
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Weekly context for the person running the fund.
Super Informed keeps the weekly email tight: what changed, why it matters, and what trustees may need to check next.
Rule changes explained
Primary-source research, translated for trustees.
ATO, Treasury, ASIC, legislation, and regulator material are reviewed first, then explained without professional jargon.
Practical next steps
Clear context before your next adviser conversation.
Each issue helps you understand what to check, file, ask, monitor, or clarify for your own fund.
Why it exists
Made for SMSF trustees
620,000+ Australians manage their own super fund. Almost nothing published for them is actually written for them.
Super Informed exists to fix that.
What trustee-friendly writing looks like.
What you usually get
"The non-arm's length income provisions may apply where the LRBA terms are not consistent with those which might reasonably be expected had the parties been dealing at arm's length."
What we write
If your SMSF borrows to buy a property from a related party, the loan terms need to match what a bank would offer a stranger. If they do not, the ATO can tax all rental income from that property at 45%.
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See the kind of practical SMSF context subscribers receive each Thursday: source-led, trustee-focused, and written after the rules have been checked.
The 30% Minimum Tax on Discretionary Trusts: What It Means for SMSF Trust Investments
The proposed minimum tax is aimed at discretionary trusts, but SMSF trustees with private unit trusts, 13.22C unit trusts or LRBA bare trusts should watch the fixed trust definition.
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SMSF Rate Hike 2026: What Higher Rates Mean for Term Deposits, Bonds, Property and LRBAs
What RBA rate rises mean for SMSF cash, term deposits, government bonds, LRBAs, listed shares and property valuations.
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SMSF Record Growth 2026: ATO Data Shows 50,000 New Funds
The ATO's June 2026 SMSF statistics show record fund establishment, younger new members, and a sector that now holds more than $1.1 trillion.
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SMSF vs Industry Super: The Advice Powers Battle
The 19 August 2026 reform package gives APRA-regulated super funds a new advice pathway while SMSF trustees face new proposed obligations, costs and rollover controls.
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SMSF Reforms 2026: New Levy, CSLR, ATO Rollover Powers and Trustee Rules Explained
Daniel Mulino's 19 August 2026 reform package explained for SMSF trustees: the levy increase, CSLR funding, proposed ATO rollover powers, cold-calling rules and new setup obligations.
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SMSF Super Preservation Debate: What Trustees Need to Know
What the August 2026 super preservation debate means for SMSF trustees, current conditions of release, SMSF liquidity risk, and the compound cost of early access.
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Written, checked, and kept independent.
Super Informed is written from Adelaide for Australian trustees who want to understand SMSF rules before they act.
Founder & Editor
Sam Corrie, Adelaide SA
The newsletter publishes weekly, every Thursday. Guides and tools are updated when rules, thresholds, deadlines, or ATO guidance change.
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ATO guidance, legislation, regulator announcements, and official material are reviewed before the newsletter is written.
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Super Informed is not written on behalf of a bank, super fund, adviser, accountant, product issuer, or regulator.
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