Strangled by superannuation: I’m a struggling artist, but I have to pay super

Sole trader creatives get the benefit of superannuation on the one hand, but are strangled by mandatory payments on the other. ArtsHub dives into the topic.
Image of a road with a single person walking down it and it is covered with sand. Superannuation

In this, our second of two stories about superannuation for artists, we take a dive into the deeper questions and realities that new regulation is having on artists and small creative businesses. 

Again, thank you to Michael Fox of Michael Fox Arts Accounts & Valuers, Penelope Benton of the National Association for Visual Artists (NAVA) and Amrit Gill of Theatre Network Australia (TNA) for contributing their knowledge to this article.

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Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina