Superannuation isn't a retirement income system – we should scrap it
- Written by Cameron Murray, Research Fellow - Henry Halloran Trust, University of Sydney
Discussions about Australia’s retirement income system typically begin by reciting the political slogan that there are “three pillars” to the system — the age pension, compulsory super, and voluntary savings.
It was the way the Abbott and Turnbull government’s tax inquiry looked at retirement incomes, and...