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We won't fix female super until we fix female pay, but Labor's ideas are a start

Written by Helen Hodgson, Associate Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University

Women are disadvantaged when it comes to super, because women are disadvantaged when it comes to pay.Shutterstock

Women retire with embarrassingly little super compared to men.

In 2015-16 the typical (median) Australian woman retired with A$36,000. The typical male had A$110,000.

When presented as averages, the difference is less stark because a...

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