Age Pension



The Turnbull government is legislating a new objective for superannuation “to provide income in retirement to substitute or supplement the Age Pension”. Twenty-five years after… Read More ›

Towards a Self-Funded Retirement: The Challenges for Superannuation Policy

Over the past year, there has been considerable disagreement about whether inequality has been rising or falling in Australia. There has also been debate about… Read More ›

The ‘Inequality Wars’: CEO Pay Is One Part of Complex Picture Post-GFC

Distribution of social benefits: How does Australia compare? The Australian social security system differs from the social insurance systems common in other high income countries,… Read More ›

Social Security and Welfare Spending in Australia: Assessing Long-Term Trends Part 5

How does Australia compare? The Australian social security system differs from those in most other countries. In Europe, the United States and Japan, most government… Read More ›

Social Security and Welfare Spending in Australia: Assessing Long-Term Trends Part 4

Social security and household incomes in Australia We can measure reliance on or use of social security using ABS statistics on income distribution. These show… Read More ›

Social Security and Welfare Spending in Australia: Assessing Long-Term Trends Part 3

How many people receive payments? Part 1 in this series looked at how much is spent on social security in Australia and how spending has… Read More ›

Social Security and Welfare Spending in Australia: Assessing Long-Term Trends Part 2

For some time, the largest single component of Commonwealth Government spending in Australia has been “Social Security and Welfare”, estimated at 35.3 per cent of… Read More ›

Social Security and Welfare Spending in Australia: Assessing Long-Term Trends Part 1

The relationship between retirement income and housing has long been acknowledged. In fact, the family home is sometimes referred to as the fourth pillar of… Read More ›

Budget Forum 2017: No Super Fix to Housing, or to Super

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