Budget submission: Advocates propose universal aged pension to address unfair retirement system

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Updated September 25 2020 - 7:46am, first published September 24 2020 - 8:30am
Submission calls for a "fairer retirement system" and suggests removing means testing and considering a universal pension as exists in some other countries.
Submission calls for a "fairer retirement system" and suggests removing means testing and considering a universal pension as exists in some other countries.

With one in four age pensioners living in poverty, peak body National Seniors Australia has called upon the federal government to address the current inadequacy of the pension in next month's budget.

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Eileen Wood

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