Pension time bomb ticking

Daryl Dixon, 9 March 2013, The Australian

The federal government's unfunded super liability for politicians, judges, public servants and military personnel now totals some $200 billion and continues to increase. This is more than 2.5 times the assets in the Future Fund set up by the Howard government to help fund these liabilities.

Allowing for the Future Fund assets, these liabilities increase our net public debt by more than 1.5 times. Clearly, if the federal budget is not brought back into surplus quickly, meeting the outstanding unfunded liabilities will exacerbate the tax burdens.

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Daryl Dixon is one of Australia’s foremost investment experts and a well known writer and consultant. He has provided trusted advice to thousands of personal clients over more than 25 years and is an acknowledged expert in the areas of tax, superannuation (including public sector superannuation), social security and investments.

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