What You Need to Know About… The raised pension age, with Simon Cowan
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In this TARGET 30 Research Report CIS modelling shows that reforming the pension could deliver income gains of more than $5,900 a year to almost 98% of pensioners. These reforms would also reduce the cost of the pension by $14.5 billion a year. “With four out of every five retirees on the pension, and pensioners with over a million dollars in assets getting the same payment as those with almost nothing, the pension clearly needs reform,” says Simon Cowan, research fellow and co-author of the report,The Age Old Problem of Old Age: Fixing the Pension. Read more here: https://www.cis.org.au/publication/the-age-old-problem-of-old-age-fixing-the-pension-2/ Join our telegram channel here: https://t.me/centreforindependentstudies 5YSGGR2Q2GNZSKOF
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