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Retirement incomes review finds problems more super won't solve

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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It would be a waste if the Friday’s mammoth Retirement Incomes Review was remembered only for its finding that increases in employers compulsory superannuation contributions come at the expense of wages.

That has long been assumed, and is what was intended when compulsory super was set up.

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