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Labor ripe for the picking on super; ASFA

THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2004 8:14AM

Superannuation is in danger of being used as a "political honeypot" if the Federal Labor Party's policy proposals are enacted, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said yesterday.

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