Grattan: Don’t lift compulsory super rate

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By Leith van Onselen

The Grattan Institute has released a new report, entitled Money in retirement: more than enough, which challenges the conventional view that Australians don’t save enough for retirement, and explicitly recommends against lifting the compulsory superannuation guarantee from its current level of 9.5% to 12%:

The vast majority of retirees today and in future are likely to be financially comfortable.

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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.