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Vital signs. Our compulsory super system is broken. We ought to axe it, or completely reform it

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Vital signs. Our compulsory super system is broken. We ought to axe it, or completely reform itWe're taking money from people, letting it fall through the cracks, and spending no less than we were on pensions.Shutterstock

The just-announced inquiry into Australia’s retirement income system ought to be anything but run-of-the-mill.

Taking place 25 years after the introduction of compulsory superannuation, it provides an opportunity to...

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