Newstart increases are projected to get smaller and smaller relative to pension increases. By the end of the century Newstart will be just two fifths of the pension.
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Often misunderstood, deeming rates are back broadly where they should be.
It’s a good idea to deem income, but of late we’ve doing it badly.
47% of Australians aged 55-64 have mortgage debt, up from 14% in 1990.
The promised surpluses won’t last unless we stop giving older Australians more and more and asking them to pay less and less.
Budgets will increasingly acknowledge that welfare is about us, rather than us versus them.
The Conversation played host to really important new ideas in 2018. Some will take years to develop. Others will never come to fruition. But they’re important.
A new ANU computer algorithm can provide near instant answers about how to get the best bang for welfare dollars. It says we should boost Newstart and cut either pensions or family benefits.
Bill Shorten says Labor’s plan to make super contributions on behalf of women on paid parental leave would have a “big impact”. We find its impact would be be minuscule.
The pension age won’t climb to 70 after all. What was it all about?
Increasingly insecure pathways to home ownership are not just a problem for property markets. The fallout is likely to hit retirement incomes, the welfare base, gender equity and the broader economy.
Retirees are often urged to downsize to free up suburban properties for the next generation and for higher-density development. What’s being ignored is the costs of moving into a unit or apartment.
Any significant decline in home ownership or equity in a home impacts higher care needs: older people will not have an asset to sell to fund the bonds required to enter aged care accommodation.
Beyond debates about the avocado smash generation lies some misnomers on which generation had it better.
For the increasing proportion of people living in private rental accommodation who can expect to be dependent on the age pension, the prospects of financial and housing insecurity are grim.
Changes to the pension will affect the way people plan and behave.
Super is the wrong tool to provide an adequate support in retirement for low-income earners. Our research shows top-up measures to help this group are poorly targeted and too expensive.
Senator Jacqui Lambie told Q&A that a third of Australian age pensioners are living below the poverty line and that it’s estimated to rise to two-thirds within five years. Is that right?
The proof of whether an investment approach to welfare actually does improve outcomes for the disadvantaged is still some years down the track.
The Coalition has reached a compromise to get its superannuation reform past its own party, but the changes will make it harder for women and older workers.
Top contributors
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Senior Research Associate, International Centre for Future Health Systems, UNSW, UNSW
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Program Director, Housing and Economic Security, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of Housing and Housing Studies, RMIT University
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor in the UNSW Business School, UNSW
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Chief executive officer, Grattan Institute
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Associate, Grattan Institute
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Director, POLIS: The ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Professor and Head of the Department of Banking and Finance, Monash University