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John Cruthers says he’s amassed more than 100 artworks to help fund his retirement. Australia’s government may order the 56-year-old to ditch the lot....
Image: Artist Jason Benjamin with a painting.
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Cooper Panel's Hang-Up on Art Works
In his bid to ban art investments in self-managed super funds, superannuation review chief Jeremy Cooper appears to have a hang up over paintings on living room walls, rather than a serious commitment to evidence-based ...Read More
If the Federal Government adopts the Cooper Review recommendations to ban art and collectibles from self-managed superannuation funds, many leading auction houses believe it will sound the death knell of the Australian art industry.
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Olsen Ready to Brush with MPs to Save Art
JOHN OLSEN, the elder statesmen of Australian art, is preparing to go toe-to-toe with the federal government over proposed changes to superannuation policy, which he says threaten Australia's status as a creative ...Read More
The Federal Government is considering changes to superannuation law that would cost the Australian art market an estimated $100million in sales each year.
If adopted, the Cooper Review recommendations to ban art investments by Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) would have ...Read More
SAVE SUPER ART calls on the Gillard Government to reject the Cooper Review recommendations which are fundamentally flawed and are already creating damaging uncertainty within the Australian art market. If implemented, their effect on the Australian art industry would be ...Read More
The Federal Government’s Cooper Review of Superannuation has called for a ban on art investment in Self Management Super Funds (SMFS).
The Cooper Review also wants SMSFs to divest all art investments within 5 years.
These recommendations are extremely damaging to the ...Read More