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What Australia can learn from the New Zealand retirement system

  • Written by Ross Guest, Professor of Economics and National Senior Teaching Fellow, Griffith University
imageA comparison of the Australian and New Zealand retirement systems.Shutterstock

The Australian and New Zealand retirement systems both feature public pensions and private superannuation. But there are things to learn from the differences between the two systems. While Australians may end up with more savings in retirement, New Zealand’s system...

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