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Leading article Australia

Super villains

22 September 2016

1:00 PM

22 September 2016

1:00 PM

Thirty years ago, Paul Keating did a great service by launching a cultural shift from retirement almost entirely dependent on the age pension to self-funded retirement with universal access to superannuation. For most of us, that means superannuation benefits on retirement based on the amount we have been able to accumulate in our accounts.

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Leading article Australia

Super villains

22 September 2016

1:00 PM

22 September 2016

1:00 PM

Thirty years ago, Paul Keating did a great service by launching a cultural shift from retirement almost entirely dependent on the age pension to self-funded retirement with universal access to superannuation. For most of us, that means superannuation benefits on retirement based on the amount we have been able to accumulate in our accounts.

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