Most of us commit a significant proportion of our salary to our superannuation fund. In fact, superannuation is the biggest investment most people will ever have.
Many people nominate their partner as the beneficiary of their super upon their death.
This helps ensures that their partner remains financially secure. Discrimination in payment of the superannuation benefit You may have filled in a superannuation form nominating your same sex partner as your superannuation beneficiary. Unless you ve made a WILL nominating your same sex partner as your superannuation beneficiary, and the executor executes your will properly, your same sex partner has little chance of seeing your death benefit. Your same sex partner will be taxed at a much higher rate. Commonwealth law provides an enormous tax concession on death benefit payments made to heterosexual partners, but not those made to same sex partners.