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Afternoon Teal If Saving for Your First Home, Listen Up
Ovarian Cancer Australia are calling on all Australians Saving for your first home deposit can sometimes feel
to help reduce the impact of ovarian cancer and overwhelming - but thanks to the introduction
improve the outcomes for women and their families of the ‘First Home Super Saver Scheme’, locals will be
living with this insidious disease. By hosting an Afternoon able to save for their deposit faster.
Teal event, you are helping your loved ones know the signs Luke Howarth MP, Federal Member for Petrie said “this is great
and symptoms of the disease and know their family history. news for locals; instead of paying tax, they will be able to salary
The Afternoon Teal campaign encourages people to host sacrifice up to $15,000 per year straight into their superannua-
tion”.
a fundraising event for their friends, family or colleagues. “For example someone earning $60,000 will be able to salary
Whether it’s a high tea, picnic, golf day, movie night or gala sacrifice $15,000, bringing their taxable income to $45,000 per
dinner, anybody and everybody can get involved! year – saving them $5,759 in taxes over two years”.
Ovarian Cancer Australia relies on their fundraising “It’s also like a forced savings plan as individuals cannot with-
community to be able to help them continue to deliver draw their money for any other reason than buying their first
awareness, support, advocacy and research programs. home or retiring”.
Ovarian Cancer Australia is the only national organisation From 1 July 2018, first home buyers will be able to withdraw vol-
that provides direct support to those living with ovarian untary superannuation contributions they’ve made since 1 July
cancer – both the women experiencing the disease and their 2017, along with any interest they have earned to help buy their
loved ones – through support groups, phone support, online first home.
resources and more. “The bottom line is, this is a super saver scheme; rather than pay-
Please register your event today or make a donation and ing tax on your hard earned dollars, it will go towards your first
help to ensure that no woman living with ovarian cancer ever home deposit” said Mr Howarth.
walks alone.
For more information on how to host or donate, please visit
Shane King MP
www.afternoonteal.net.au/

Your Local State Member

 @ShaneKingMP
Phone: (07) 3448 9100
Email: shane.king@parliament.qld.gov.au
Post: PO Box 629, Kallangur Qld 4503
Authorised by S. King Shop 1, 15 Goodfellows Rd, KALLANGUR

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