The third of the CSRI’s roundtables for the year, convened in collaboration with StatePlus, focused on the post-retirement phase. The previous two Roundtables related to income adequacy and encouraging self-sufficiency. This session tackled issues such as how Australia’s retirement income system compares internationally, the challenges in ensuring adequate and sustainable incomes in retirement for people of diverse… Read More
A Holistic Approach
Australia has not had a comprehensive review of its retirement income policies in nearly 30 years. Superannuation and the age pension have grown alongside each other, but separately. Policy changes have been piecemeal and usually related to budget imperatives. While government has commissioned reviews in the last two years into the financial system, taxation and… Read More
Government’s Role
The challenge for our retirement incomes system is not change in itself, but the nature of that change, says Dr Michael Keating, AC. Much of what we have seen over the years has been tinkering, often driven by short-term budgetary imperatives. As a result, many people have grown wary of change. Dr Keating – a… Read More
