annual report/2006 - University of Melbourne

Notes to and forming part of the Financial Statements
Note 35.4 Other Expenditure
Commitments
CONSOLIDATED
UNIVERSITY
2006 2005 2006 2005
$’000 $’000 $’000 $’000
Within one year 2,043 3,000 2,000 3,000
Later than one year but not later than five years 187 - - -
Later than five years - - - -
Total Other Expenditure Commitments 2,230 3,000 2,000 3,000
Included in the above is the University’s commitment to contribute $2.0 million (2005 $3.0 million) for the Synchrotron Project.
Note 36 Superannuation Commitments
36.1 University employees are members of a range of superannuation funds, which are divided into the following categories:
(i) Those operative and open to membership:
- UniSuper (comprising the merged SSAU - Superannuation Scheme for Australian Universities and TESS -
Tertiary Education Superannuation Scheme)
(ii) State Government Schemes closed to future membership by University employees:
- State Employees Retirement Benefits Scheme
- State Superannuation Fund
Some University employees receive superannuation benefits through the Superannuation Guarantee Scheme.
36.2 UniSuper Plans
UniSuper is a multi employer superannuation fund operated by UniSuper Limited as the Corporate Trustee and administered by
UniSuper Management Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of UniSuper Limited. The operations of UniSuper are regulated by
the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993.
(i)
UniSuper offers eligible members the choice of two schemes known as the Defined Benefit Division (DBD) (previously
referred to as the Defined Benefit Plan) or Accumulation Super (2) (previously referred to as the Investment Choice
Plan). The contribution rate to the schemes is 21% of member’s salary of which the member contributes 7% and the
University 14%. From 1 July 2006, members can elect to reduce the level of member contributions with corresponding
reductions in benefits.
In 2005, UniSuper advised that the Defined Benefit Plan should be disclosed under the multi employer provisions of AASB
119 Employee Benefits which allowed for defined benefit obligations to be reported on a defined contribution basis with
some additional information. AASB 119 Employee Benefits states that this is an appropriate solution for a Defined Benefit
Plan where the employer does not have access to the information required and there is no reliable basis for allocating the
benefits, liabilities, assets and costs between employers.
As a consequence of changes to the UniSuper Trust Deed in December 2006, UniSuper have advised that the foregoing no
longer applies and that both the Defined Benefit Division and Accumulation Super (2) plans are defined as Multi Employer
Defined Contribution Schemes in accordance with AASB 119 Employee Benefits.
(ii) UniSuper also offers a cash accumulation productivity scheme known as Accumulation Super (1) (previously referred to
as the Award Plus Plan (APP)). University employees have no requirement to contribute to the scheme. The University
contributes the equivalent of 3% of base salary in respect of these employees who were members of the Defined Benefit
Division or the Accumulation Super (2) Plan. Employees who do not qualify for membership of Defined Benefit Division
or Accumulation Super (2) will have a minimum contribution 9% of their annual salary contributed by the University to
Accumulation Super (1) prescribed under the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act 1992.
Casual and non-permanent employees who do not qualify for membership of the Defined Benefit Division or Accumulation
(2) are eligible for Accumulation Super (1).
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