Labor’s Jim Chalmers drowns in ocean of super lies

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There’s a new super idiot on the block and his name is Jim Chalmers, Labor’s treasury spokesman. Yesterday, Chalmers launched an extraordinarily deceitful attack on the Morrison Government, claiming it was seeking to “kill” compulsory super in Australia and “rob workers” by cancelling legislated increases in Australia’s superannuation guarantee to 12%. From the New Daily:

In Parliament, Labor treasury spokesman Jim Chalmers accused the Liberals of preparing to “rob workers of their superannuation”.

“They say they want workers to have the freedom to choose between wages or super,” Dr Chalmers said.

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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.