Clear focus to drive age pension reformBY ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2008 11:40AMIn reviewing the appropriate pension payment level, the government must decide if the fundamental purpose of the age pension is to reduce poverty or to replace income, argues the Institute of Actuaries (IA) in a new discussion paper. |
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