Australian Taxation Office

One in four Australian workers are being underpaid superannuation by their employers, costing about $6 billion each year, with only about 15 per cent ever recovered by the Australian Taxation Office, independent reports show. Two Brisbane oral health therapists who won complaints against their employer 18 months ago say they still have not seen a cent returned to their super funds.

Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino has conceded the government was aware from July that the Australian Taxation Office was considering banning credit card payments, months before the decision sparked a backlash that forced a government intervention. Mr Mulino told ABC's Insiders on Sunday that he and Treasurer Jim Chalmers knew of the ATO's preference to stop accepting credit cards in July and instructed the agency to engage with credit card companies and allow a transition period.