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Wage Suppression a Time Bomb in Superannuation System
…These actions directly undermine superannuation savings, and hence the future retirement incomes of affected workers. This new report from the Centre for Future Work simulates the impacts of eight specific…
Choosing Not to Choose: Making superannuation work by default
This Discussion Paper reviews the former Government’s ‘Choice of Fund’ policy and proposes a range of improvements to the way default superannuation funds are chosen….
Polling - Superannuation
YouGov conducted a national survey of 1,535 voters on behalf of The Australia Institute between 6 and 11 June 2025, using an online survey polling methodology. Full details are provided…
Can the taxpayer afford self-funded retirement?
…incomes’. Superannuation tax concessions can only ‘boost’ the retirement incomes of those who contribute, and it ‘boosts’ those income proportionate to the level of contribution. Put simply, superannuation tax concessions…
Sustaining us all in retirement
As Australia’s population ages, government policies that assist retirement will become even more essential. Superannuation tax concessions and the age pension are the two key government policies that assist the…
Pensions and superannuation: the need for change
…looking for pension savings. However it has refused to find savings in superannuation tax concessions, which cost the budget almost as much as the age pension and are growing so…
The case for a universal default superannuation fund
Since 2005, the great majority of Australian workers have been able to choose their own superannuation fund. While some people have taken advantage of greater choice in super, for many…
Time to get engaged with super?
…decisions made on their behalf by their superannuation ‘trustees’. Similarly, while Australian households now hold nearly $1 trillion in institutional superannuation funds few, if any, people with superannuation pay close…
The great superannuation tax concession rort
Superannuation tax concessions have long been a bone of contention for the welfare sector, which views them as redistributing scarce resources away from low-income earners towards the secure and privileged…
Quit Nukes
…in an afternoon. This report analyses superannuation funds’ website promotional statements, product disclosure statements and actual holdings to determine the extent to which Australia’s superannuation industry is financing nuclear weapons….