Consensus arrives on pension assets test

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By Leith van Onselen

The AFR’s Joanna Mather has put together a nice summary of last week’s National Reform Summit, whereby consensus seems to have been reached on the need to include one’s principal place of residence in the assets test for the Aged Pension:

At last week’s National Reform Summit, free-market and progressive think tanks agreed the value of the family home should be taken into account when assessing whether somebody is eligible for the age pension…

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.