Choose from a range of webinar topics
Whether you’re starting out, wanting to grow your super, or even preparing for your retirement - we have a range of webinars designed to help you.
Webinar topics
You can choose from a range of topics, including:
- Set up your future with GESB Super
- Start your super journey early
- Making sense of super
- Investing in super 101
- Insurance in super
- Salary sacrificing in super
- Building wealth through super
- Grow your super
- West State Super, why is it so different?
- Learning about Gold State Super
- Understanding super for higher income earners
- Securing your future: women and super
- Leaving the public sector
- Understanding your statement - GESB Super and West State Super members
- Accessing your super
- Retirement planning
- Transition to retirement
- Understanding the allocated pension
- Are you on track for retirement?
- How much do I need for retirement?
- Budgeting for retirement
Set up your future with GESB Super
If you're one of our new members, this 30-minute webinar will help you learn to:
- Grow your super by making extra contributions including salary sacrifice, minimising the fees you pay, and combining your accounts
- Understand your investment options and what risk means for your super
- Protect your lifestyle with insurance in super
Start your super journey early
Your retirement may be many years away, but this means you have time to grow your investment and build your retirement savings.
In this 30-minute webinar, you’ll learn:
- Why it’s important to start early with your contributions
- The different ways you can add to your super
- How to combine your super and save on fees
- What to consider when choosing your investment plan
- The First Home Super Saver scheme
- The different types of insurance we provide
You might also like to watch our short video for an overview of the benefits of contributing to your super.
Making sense of super
In this 45-minute webinar you’ll learn more about your super, helping you to make sense of your financial future. Topics include:
- Making extra contributions to grow your super
- How much you can contribute
- Understanding investment risk versus return
- How your super is invested
- Your investment options
- The different types of insurance cover we offer
Investing in super 101
This 30-minute webinar will help you learn basic investment concepts, such as tax, budgeting and asset classes, to help you understand how your super is invested and which investment plan might be best suited to your goals.
You’ll also discover the different ways you might be able to increase your super and the investment options available to you.
Insurance in super
Find out if insurance in super is right for you by exploring the different ways it could help you and your loved ones if you had to stop working because of illness or injury.
This 30-minute webinar will explain:
- The benefits of insurance in super, including having premiums paid from your super, rather than your bank account
- The types of insurance we provide and changes you can make
- How to work out how much cover you may need and the risks of being underinsured
- The benefits of automatic acceptance by our Insurer
Salary sacrificing in super
In this 30-minute webinar, you'll explore how you can ‘sacrifice’ part of your before-tax salary to your super account, instead of having it paid to you as a salary. Learn through case studies how this strategy can be a tax-effective way to boost your balance.
You might also like to watch our video for an introduction to salary sacrificing before exploring more details in our webinar.
Building wealth through super
This 30-minute webinar introduces super concepts to help you maximise opportunities to grow your super. You’ll learn about:
- Investing for the long term
- What super is and why it’s valuable
- Asset classes, unit pricing, investment performance and investment choice
- Tax advantages of super
Grow your super
In this 30-minute webinar, you’ll explore the benefits of contributing to your super, and how and when you can make these contributions. See through case studies how ‘sacrificing’ part of your before-tax salary can be a tax-effective way to boost your balance. You’ll also learn more about the investment options available to help you grow your account.
You might also like to watch our short video for an overview of the benefits of contributing to your super.
West State Super, why is it so different?
In this 45-minute webinar, you'll learn about the unique features of your West State Super, including:
- How your untaxed scheme means 100% of your employer and personal contributions are invested, which helps your super to grow
- How to make the most of your account, including how to choose your investment plan and optimise your insurance
- How the untaxed plan cap of $1.705 million1 works and how you can salary sacrifice more than you could if you were in a taxed scheme
The webinar will also explain the options you have with your account when leaving the WA public sector.
1 For the 2023/24 financial year, indexed annually in line with Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings, in increments of $5,000 rounded down. The untaxed plan cap applies for each untaxed scheme you are a member of.
Learning about Gold State Super
In this 45-minute webinar, you'll learn about the benefits and features of your Gold State Super, including:
- How your Final Benefit is calculated
- The impact of working part time and taking leave on your super
- How salary maintenance works
- Your insurance benefits
- When you can access your Gold State Super
- What a transition to retirement strategy could mean for you
Understanding super for higher income earners
If you're a high-income earner, you might need to do more work before you retire to help maintain your lifestyle during retirement. This 30-minute webinar will suit you if you're earning over $100,000 per annum and will cover:
- Asset classes and the role they play in your investments
- How to contribute to your super and how this can benefit you
- Overview of strategies to boost your super
- How to work out your next steps and what help is available
- Tax treatment of super
Securing your future: women and super
Women are faced with a number of unique career choices at several points in their life - deciding to work full time, part time, or take time off to raise a family. These decisions can impact your super savings in ways that you may not be aware of.
In this 45-minute webinar, you'll get to understand your super and discover how to secure your own financial future. You’ll learn:
- How you can grow your super by making extra contributions
- Your investment options and how to choose the right plan for your needs
- The different types of insurance cover we offer
Leaving the public sector
If you’re considering leaving the public sector by resigning, retiring or taking a redundancy, this 30-minute webinar will help you explore how your super may change.
You’ll learn what happens to your Gold State Super, West State Super or GESB Super account, and how your insurance changes.
Understanding your statement - GESB Super and West State Super members
Your member statement gives you more than just your account balance. In this 30-minute webinar for GESB Super and West State Super members, you'll explore a typical statement and learn what many of the sections mean.
Accessing your super
As you get closer to retirement age, you have several options for accessing your super. This 45-minute webinar will cover:
- When you can access your super
- The different ways you can take your super
- The tax implications of accessing your super
- Retirement income options
- How transition to retirement works
Retirement planning
This webinar is designed for you if:
- You’re aged 58 or over
- You’re planning to retire in two to five years from now
- You want to learn the basics of retirement planning
If you're just beginning to plan your retirement, this 90-minute webinar will give you information and general advice on:
- Super - GESB Super, West State Super and Gold State Super
- Our retirement solutions - GESB Super, West State Super and Retirement Income Pension (including RI Allocated Pension and Transition to Retirement Pension)
- Retirement options - an overview of your income options in retirement, including support from Centrelink
Transition to retirement
When thinking about your options for retirement, you may want to consider accessing part of your super using a transition to retirement strategy.
This 45-minute webinar will explain what a transition to retirement strategy is and help you discover the financial benefits available to you, such as:
- Increasing your super - you can continue to work and sacrifice some of your salary to super
- Reducing your hours - you can work less without reducing your overall income, as your pension can make up for your lower salary
- Increasing your income - you can receive income from a pension as well as your normal salary
Understanding the allocated pension
If you’re looking for a tax-effective income in retirement, you may want to consider an allocated pension.
This 45-minute webinar will explain your options for accessing your super and how to set up a regular income from your retirement savings.
You’ll learn about:
- Your flexible payment options
- Choosing an investment plan
- How your pension will be taxed
- Minimum pension payment limits
Are you on track for retirement?
In this 30-minute webinar you’ll learn about things to consider when preparing for your retirement, with topics including:
- How much do you need to retire?
- Combining your super
- Your contribution options
- Investment basics - risk and return
- What to do to stay on track
How much do I need for retirement?
When you're planning your retirement, it makes sense that you’ll want to know how much you’ll have, and how much you’ll need to live the lifestyle you want in the future.
This 30-minute webinar will answer the most common questions you might have about planning for retirement. We’ll show you how to estimate how much super you’ll have when you retire, and how much you might need, based on your situation and goals.
Budgeting for retirement
To help you afford and enjoy your retirement years, it’s important to plan ahead and take control of your finances early.
In this 30-minute webinar, we’ll explain how you can:
- Plan how much annual income you may need in retirement
- Work out what costs you could expect in retirement
- Track your spending habits and manage your money
- Make the most of your retirement income
1 Superannuation account balance by age and gender, Ross Claire, Director of Research, The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA).
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- Retirement Options Service
- Call us on 13 43 72
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