Useful facts about super

Part of First State Super’s education program includes a series of fact sheets that explains the different areas of super in more detail.

If you would prefer to receive hard copies of our fact sheets by mail, please call Customer Service on 1300 650 873.

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Contributions
Superannuation contributions (fact sheet 1.1)	view PDF 79kb	save to disk
Contributions caps (fact sheet 1.2)	view PDF 78kb	save to disk
How does the Federal Government super co-contribution operate? (fact sheet 1.3)	view PDF 124kb	save to disk
Salary sacrifice (before tax) contributions (fact sheet 1.4)	view PDF 125kb	save to disk
Spouse contributions (fact sheet 1.5)	view PDF 333kb	save to disk
Contribution splitting (fact sheet 1.6)	view PDF 324kb	save to disk
How your account works
How your First State Super account works (fact sheet 16)	view PDF 248kb	save to disk
How your First State Super income stream account works (fact sheet 3)	view PDF 465kb	save to disk
Investment strategies
Choosing an investment strategy (fact sheet 4)	view PDF 252kb	save to disk
Insurance cover
Insurance cover (fact sheet 7.1)	view PDF 576kb	save to disk
Claiming a death benefit (fact sheet 7.2) - New	view PDF 404kb	save to disk
Making an insurance claim (fact sheet 7.3)	view PDF 414kb	save to disk
Beneficiaries
Nominating beneficiaries (fact sheet 18)	view PDF 401kb	save to disk
Access to superannuation
When can I receive my superannuation benefits? (fact sheet 5)	view PDF 449kb	save to disk
Early release of your superannuation benefit on specified compassionate grounds (fact sheet 10)	view PDF 313kb	save to disk
Early release of your superannuation benefit on grounds of severe financial hardship (fact sheet 11)	view PDF 216kb	save to disk
Early release of a superannuation benefit - departure from Australia of a temporary resident (fact sheet 14)	view PDF 220kb	save to disk
Tax and super
Tax and super (fact sheet 2)	view PDF 448kb	save to disk
Information about the Federal Government's superannuation contributions surcharge tax (fact sheet 6)	view PDF 272kb	save to disk
Taxation of superannuation income streams (fact sheet 3.1)	view PDF 371kb	save to disk
Superannuation and Family Law
Superannuation and Family Law (fact sheet 15)	view PDF 480kb	save to disk
Privacy
Privacy (fact sheet 9)	view PDF 281kb	save to disk
Enquiries, complaints and disputes
Enquiries, complaints and disputes (fact sheet 17)	view PDF 76kb	save to disk