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Super reform tinkers around the edges, while ignoring the fundamental flaw

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imageMoral hazard - a lack of incentive to guard against risk when protected from its consequences - is inherent in our super system.Image sourced from www.shutterstock.com

Recent proposed changes to Australia’s superannuation regime - from freedom of choice for default funds, to lifting the contributions rate from 9% to 12%, to reforming who pays...

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