The Government will drop its long-standing, but unlegislated, plan to increase the Age Pension age from 67 to 70.
PM Scott Morrison announced the policy change in response to a question from a member of the public on The Today
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Raising Age Pension age will hurt workers who can’t choose when to retire
Raising the Age Pension age to 70 will hurt many older workers who can’t choose when they retire, says the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST).
The Federal Social Services Minister, Christian Porter, recently confirmed that it was still Government
…Government should rule out lifting age pension age to 70: AIST
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has called on the Government to rule out the proposed increase in the age pension age to 70.
The current eligibility age for the pension is 65, though it is set to increase
…AIST calls for review of lifting Age Pension age to 70
Following release of the Intergenerational Report 2015 the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has called for the Government to review the proposal to lift the Age Pension eligibility age to 70 by 2035.
The AIST says the Intergenerational Report
…Raising age pension and super preservation ages ‘last resort’
Industry Super Australia Chief Executive, David Whiteley, has said that raising the age pension or superannuation preservation ages should be a last resort, but the superannuation tax concessions do need reform.
Mr Whiteley told the Australian Workers Union National Conference
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