Superannuation



The Coalition’s Super Home Buyer Scheme is slated to enable first homebuyers to use 40% of their super balance, up to a maximum of $50,000… Read More ›

Harnessing Super for Dream Homes With Not So Dreamy Super Balances

At their first televised debate four weeks ago, Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese were asked by an audience member how each would help his kids… Read More ›

Super for Housing or the Government as a Co-owner: How Liberal and Labor Home-Buyer Schemes Compare

Against the backdrop of the 2022-23 Federal Budget and the coming federal election, Saint Vincent De Paul Society released a research report which outlines some… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2022] A Fairer Tax and Welfare System for Australia

In Australia, as in many high-income countries, population ageing is inexorable. One potential consequence of ageing of the population is a shift in income inequalities,… Read More ›

Energy Poverty and Retirement Income Sources in Australia

Large projected fiscal burdens due to rapid population ageing are driving governments around the world to evaluate their existing economic policies. A key reform area… Read More ›

Homeownership and Wealth: The Role of Tax and Pension Policies

The analysis of wealth distributions has gained more and more attention around the world over the last decade. A high concentration of wealth can negatively… Read More ›

Fair Crack of the Whip? The Distribution of Augmented Wealth in Australia From 2002 to 2018

The gender superannuation (or ‘super’) gap is a persistent problem that often receives less attention than the gender wage gap. The scale of this issue… Read More ›

Decomposing Australia’s Gender Superannuation Gap

‘The Australian retirement income system is effective, sound and its costs are broadly sustainable’ according to the Retirement Income Review chaired by Mike Callaghan. While… Read More ›

Is Australia’s Retirement Income System Delivering on Its Potential?

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