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Mike Callaghan chaired the Retirement Income Review.

‘Inefficient’ to fund aged care through superannuation: Retirement review chairman

Using a portion of super to cover aged care costs has been discussed by backbenchers as a way to boost funding, but Mike Callaghan rejected the idea.

  • Rachel Clun and Jennifer Duke

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Retirement Income Review chair Mike Callaghan.

Keating ‘trading off fears and uncertainty’ on superannuation: retirement review chairman

Mike Callaghan says the former prime minister is tapping into people’s fears about their financial security and ability to hold onto the family home in old age.

  • Jennifer Duke
Retirement income review chairman Mike Callaghan.

Stalking horse or fact-minding mission? Retirement income review exposes super fault lines

When Mike Callaghan handed his 638-page report on the nation's retirement system to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg in July, it felt as if he were presenting his own newborn for scrutiny.

  • Jennifer Duke
  Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says superannuation funds have to lift their game on retirement income products.

Asset testing expensive homes for pension could reduce overspending: Income review

Penalising pensioners with expensive homes could stop overspending on housing, says a wide-ranging review into the retirement system that also casts doubt on already-legislated increases to the superannuation guarantee.

  • Jennifer Duke

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