Habitual policy tinkering, in place of systematic and holistic policy formation, is exacerbating the difficulties Australians face in planning for their retirement and is undermining public confidence in the system, writes Patricia Pascuzzo in arguing for a holistic approach.
Super’s Final Leg Still Not Sorted
By Patricia Pascuzzo, Founder, CSRI Just before Christmas, a Treasury discussion paper suggested an approach on the regulation of superannuation retirement benefits – so called Comprehensive Income Products in Retirement (CIPRs) or ‘MyRetirement’ as Treasury preferred. You might well ask why – after 25 years of compulsory super and thousands of pages of legislation, regulation… Read More
A New Era for Super
The federal government’s recent deal on reforming superannuation tax concessions may have taken some political heat out of the issue, but the challenge of building a more sustainable retirement income system looms larger than ever, writes Patricia Pascuzzo.
