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Frydenberg should call a no-holds-barred inquiry into superannuation now, because Labor won't

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

The Coalition is running out of time to do worthwhile things.

Facing overwhelming odds of defeat in the election due within weeks, one of its last throws of the dice should be to do something Labor would never do, but which is urgently needed and would set us on the right course for the future.

It’d also cause some trouble for Labor along the...

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