It’s time for a warts-and-all review into compulsory super

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By Leith van Onselen

The Conversation’s Peter Martin has called for the Morrison Government to establish a warts-and-all inquiry into Australia’s compulsory superannuation system before the upcoming election, because the captured Labor Government is unlikely to do so:

Facing overwhelming odds of defeat in the election due within weeks, one of its last throws of the dice should be to do something Labor would never do, but which is urgently needed and would set us on the right course for the future.

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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.