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Payday super rules blamed for the axing of two community music festivals

The new payday super rules have been blamed for the cancellation of the Newcastle Hunter and Inverloch Jazz Festivals.
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Sydney, September 29, 2000. James Morrison plays trumpet as his brother's band John Morrison's Swing City play at a preview at the Sydney Media Centre. The band is playing at the tribute to the Legends of Australian Jazz in the Domain on Saturday night as part of the Olympic Arts Festival. Image: AAP Photo/Matthias Engesser

The cancellation of popular community music festivals is being blamed on the federal government’s new superannuation rules.

Victoria’s Inverloch Jazz Festival as well as the Newcastle Hunter Jazz Festival have been cancelled in recent days, with organisers pointing the finger at payday super rules which came into force at the start of July.

The superannuation guarantee law, which requires employers to make contributions, has been in place since 1992.

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