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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Patrick Commins

FOUND: Why rightwing critics are wrong to say the australian super system is broken - You Need To See This

A person with a shopping trolley at a Melbourne supermarket
Forcing workers to have part of their salary invested for retirement is a policy envied by other countries. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

Is Australia’s superannuation system “one of the biggest policy failures since federation”? Is “the whole system broken”?

Australia’s $4.4tn compulsory super regime is generally considered among the best in the world, yet conservative politicians such as Andrew Bragg, the Coalition’s putative shadow housing minister, and Pauline Hanson, One Nation’s leader, seem to hate it.

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