Important changes to your super
At Cbus, we have a responsibility to tell our members about material changes, especially if the change could impact their retirement savings.
A change (or event) is any decision that will affect a member’s investment, such as:
- changes to fees and costs
- changes to insurance cover or premiums
- transfer of a member’s benefit without their consent.
We usually communicate these notices via the Cbus Newsletter we send to our members. If an event occurs outside of our publication schedule, we will send a separate communication to affected members, called a Significant Event Notice.
Significant event notice timing:
- change or event that doesn't relate to an increase to a fee or charge, members will be notified as soon as possible, but no later than three months after.
- for a change that involves an increase in fees or charges, members will be provided with 30 days' prior notice.
2025
Notice date | Nature of event or change | Impact of the change | Download |
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1 September 2025 | Changes to Super and insurance for AME Systems corporate members | On 1 September we’re making some important changes:
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5 July 2025 | Changes to insurance premiums | On 5 July 2025 we’re making some important changes:
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2024
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30 July 2024 | Changes to administration fees and insurance premiums | On 28 September 2024 we’re making some important changes:
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Notice for members in Electech Utilities category (PDF)
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2023
Notice date | Nature of event or change | Impact of the change | Download |
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3 July 2023 | Changes to insurance premiums | On 26 August 2023 the cost of insurance cover is changing for most members | Notice for members (PDF) |
2022
Notice date | Nature of event or change | Impact of the change | Download |
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2 July 2022 | Changes to administration fees | On 2 July 2022 the weekly administration fee for income stream members dropped to $1.50 a week. | Notice for income stream members (PDF) |
30 May 2022 | Changes to administration fees and insurance premiums | On 2 July, we're making some important fee changes:
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Notice for super members transferring to Cbus from Media Super (PDF) |
30 May 2022 | Changes to administration fees and some insurance risk ratings (Corporate Super) | On 2 July, we're making some important fee changes:
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11 May 2022 | Changes to administration fees and insurance premiums | On 2 July, we're making some important fee changes:
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Notice for super members (PDF) |
14 February 2022 | New investment options and changes to the Cbus Trust Deed | On 14 February 2022, Cbus introduced six new investment options. On 24 December 2021, amendments to the Cbus Trust Deed became effective that allow the Cbus trustee to take a trustee services fee (subject to certain restrictions) from the fund. |
Notice for members (PDF) |
2021
Notice date | Nature of event or change | Impact of the change | Download |
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23 August 2021 | Changes to insurance (Industry Super, Sole Trader Super and Personal Super) | We regularly review the insurance you get through Cbus to make sure you and your family are protected when you need it most. From 2 October 2021, we’re making some important changes to:
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Notice for members in a manual occupation category (PDF) Notice for members in an electech occupation category (PDF) Notice for members in a non-manual or professional occupation category (PDF) |
18 August 2021 | Changes to insurance (Corporate Super) | On 31 July 2021, the cost of death and total and permanent disablement insurance cover decreased for Corporate Super members. | Notice for Corporate Super members (PDF) |
2020
Notice date | Nature of event or change | Impact of the change | Download |
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25 February 2020 | Changes to insurance | We regularly review our products to make sure they continue to meet the changing needs of our members, and have made the following insurance updates from 1 April 2020:
The following changes were also introduced on 1 February:
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Notice for Industry Super members and Personal Super members (PDF) |
25 February 2020 | Government changes to automatic insurance cover to start soon | The Government has changed the laws that apply to automatic insurance in super, which is the death and disability cover most members receive when they join Cbus. If you’re impacted by these changes, from 1 April 2020 unless you specifically choose to have insurance you generally won’t receive automatic cover until:
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Notice for super members (PDF) |
14 February 2020 | Changes to investment options | Each year, we review the objectives and strategies of the investment options you can invest your account balance in. As a result of the 2019 review, we will be making some changes in 2020 for both super and income stream accounts. From 1 February 2020, the investment objectives of some of our options has changed. For some options, the return objective will be lowered slightly. There will also be a small increase in the likelihood of negative returns for some of our diversified investment options. There are also changes to the strategic asset allocations for the diversified options that will be progressively implemented over the first half of 2020. |
Changes to Cbus' investment options |
2019
Notice date | Nature of event or change | Impact of the change | Download |
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2 December 2019 | Income stream tax refund | Effective 2 December 2019, Cbus has introduced a tax refund for members who transfer their account from a Cbus super or a TTR income stream to a Fully Retired income stream. Cbus keeps some money aside to pay the capital gains tax that comes due when any super investments are sold. Because a super income stream is tax free, Cbus will refund that money back to eligible members who open a Fully Retired income stream account. |
Income stream tax refund fact sheet (PDF) |
2 December 2019 | Changes to administration fees | From 1 February 2020 the administration fees charged for both super and income stream accounts are changing. If you’re a super account holder your account keeping fee will rise from $1.50 to $2 a week. The Trustee operating cost for 2019/20 has also risen to 0.19%. If you’re an income stream account holder:
The Trustee operating cost will be capped at $1,000 for all accounts. |
Notice for super members - Your fees are changing (PDF) Notice for income stream members - Your fees are changing (PDF) |
28 August 2019 | Changes in legislation | The Australian Government has introduced new rules and regulations for super effective 1 July 2019 which may affect your account with Cbus. These changes include:
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Notice for super members - Important changes to your super from 1 July 2019 (PDF) Notice for Super Income Stream members - important changes to your super from 1 July 2019 (PDF) |