Jul 15, 2026 – 5.00amIf you could get a guaranteed, no-risk, 50 per cent return on a $1000 investment – and help your kids toward a better financial future – would you do it?For Canberra-based financial adviser, Dominic Bentley from Capital², it’s a no-brainer. Last financial year, Bentley embarked on a strategy of giving his now 16-year-old daughter Amelia $1000 a year to contribute to her super, so she could take advantage of the $500 government low- and middle-income earner super co-contribution.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Michelle BowesDeputy wealth editorMichelle Bowes is deputy wealth editor at The Australian Financial Review. She has been a business journalist for 25 years and is the author of Money Queens: Rule your Money, an award-winning personal finance book for teenage girls.Fetching latest articles
The $10,000 super and first home hack for teens
Savvy parents are using low-income super rules to secure a $500 government co-contribution, giving their teenagers a major financial head start.
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