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Grattan on Friday: How 'guaranteed' is a rise in the superannuation guarantee?

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Grattan on Friday: How 'guaranteed' is a rise in the superannuation guarantee?Failure to further strengthen the compulsory super system would be disadvantageous to many future retirees and be an added burden on a later generation of taxpayers. Shutterstock

Soon after the election Treasurer Frydenberg flagged there would be an inquiry into retirement incomes. Since then, no details have emerged.

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