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Vital signs. Our compulsory super system is broken. We ought to axe it, or completely reform it

  • Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
imageWe're taking money from people, letting it fall through the cracks, and spending no less than we were on pensions.Shutterstock

The just-announced inquiry into Australia’s retirement income system ought to be anything but run-of-the-mill.

Taking place 25 years after the introduction of compulsory superannuation, it provides an opportunity to...

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