Why rightwing critics are wrong to say the Australian super system is broken

Spending on aged pension will be stable for decades to come, experts argue, despite claims by Bragg and Hanson

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Is Australia’s superannuation system “one of the biggest policy failures since federation”? Is “the whole system broken”?

Australia’s $4.4tn compulsory super regime is generally considered among the best in the world, yet conservative politicians such as Andrew Bragg, the Coalition’s putative shadow housing minister, and Pauline Hanson, One Nation’s leader, seem to hate it.