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The superannuation myth: why it's a mistake to increase contributions to 12% of earnings

  • Written by John Daley, Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute
imageSuper accounts for only a small proportion of the wealth of most Australians.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

So much of the national conversation about superannuation simply assumes that “savings for retirement” is synonymous with “superannuation savings”. This is a big mistake.

This mistake partly explains why we got...

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