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Five reasons the Turnbull government shouldn't let us spend super on a home

  • Written by The Conversation
imageSuperannuation savings are the target of an idea that refuses to go away.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

Allowing first homebuyers to cash out their super to buy a home is a seductive idea with a long history. Like the nine-headed Hydra, which replaced each severed head with two more, each time the idea is cut down it seems to return even...

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