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Superannuation

Fix contributions, then worry about fees: Keating

BY ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2008 12:35PM

Getting super contributions up to 15 per cent and pushing retirees to income streams is more important than fixing fees and administrative efficiencies, said superannuation's political architect and former Prime Minister, Paul Keating.

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