Last mentioned: Mar 24, 2026
Policy Announcement
Federal Government announces Payday Super in the 2023-24 Budget.
Mandatory Implementation
Payday Super becomes law for all Australian employers.
Rate Increase
Superannuation Guarantee rate rises to 12%.
Consultation Period
Treasury and ATO consult with industry on legislative design and software requirements.
Australian small businesses are bracing for a significant operational shift as the federal government's 'Payday Super' mandate nears implementation. The transition from quarterly to real-time superannuation contributions is expected to strain cash flow management for thousands of firms while aiming to close the multi-billion dollar unpaid super gap.
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Read our editorial methodology for how we identify, deduplicate, and score entity references. Our glossary defines the technical terms used across stories on this page, and our trends index contextualizes individual developments against the longer-running finance beat. Cross-entity comparisons live on our compare view.
| What you see | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Story count | Number of distinct stories where Small Firms was a primary or referenced actor. |
| Recency clustering | Whether mentions are concentrated in a recent window (a news cycle) or distributed (a sustained arc). |
| Sentiment distribution | Aggregate sentiment of the stories mentioning this entity, weighted by impact score. |
| Cross-niche links | When the same entity surfaces in our sibling networks, we link to those views to enrich context. |