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more compulsory super would make Middle Australia poorer, not richer

  • Written by Brendan Coates, Program Director, Household Finances, Grattan Institute
imageOpen and shut. Most Australians would be worse off over their lifetimes if compulsory super contributions were lifted.Shutterstock

Compulsory superannuation was sold to Australians on the basis that it would make us better off.

But as the government prepares for an independent inquiry into retirement incomes, new Grattan Institute research finds...

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