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Grattan modelling flawed, misleading: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
Phil Gallagher and Bruce Bastian said the average worker will receive around $50,000 more than the Grattan Institute's "flawed and misleading analysis." ISA said modelling done by Grattan is based on dubious assumptions that "don't stack up" and there ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... superannuation guarantee to 12% was "broadly consistent" with Treasury's own modelling, staff emails show. In November, Grattan said most workers can expect retirement income of at least 91% of their pre-retirement income, even after allowing for ...

Super debate too one dimensional: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... was "notorious for being poorly researched or presented without context", going on to lambaste both Challenger and the Grattan Institute - whom Rice Warner has engaged in an ongoing battle with recently over the SG - for their recent research efforts. ...

Survey backs SG increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
... beyond, the SG will hit 12%. A minority (13%) of readers polled disagreed, believing the minimum rate should stay as is. The Grattan Institute reignited the debate of the benefits of increasing the SG, claiming that after crunching the numbers middle-income ...

Mercer slams Grattan Institute

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2019
The ongoing battle between Mercer and the Grattan Institute over superannuation rolls on, with the global financial services firm dedicating an entire report to pulling apart Grattan's "misleading" work. Releasing the report, authored by senior ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... contribution from 9.5 per cent to 12 per cent," Paterson said. The Victorian senator went on to praise the recent research of the Grattan Institute, who have claimed an increase to the SG would make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetimes. ...

Grattan Institute chief retires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley announced his retirement from the think-tank after a decade in the role. Daley will be stepping down from his position when his contract finishes in July 2020. Chair of Grattan Institute Alex Chernov said ...

Grattan SG claims slammed by industry bodies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Peak superannuation bodies have forcefully rebuked the Grattan Institute's recent claim that middle-income workers would be worse off if the Superannuation Guarantee rose to 12%. Industry Super Australia and the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Lifting the Superannuation Guarantee will make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetime, new Grattan Institute research shows. Raising the SG from 9.5% to 12% would see a 30-year-old worker fork out $30,000 over their lifetime, Grattan ...

SG below 10% fails super objective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... retirement income and allow for some reforms to the Age Pension when the system matures." The researcher also took on the Grattan Institute's campaign for the SG to be cemented at 9.5% on the basis "higher compulsory super contributions are ultimately ...