Australia’s superannuation system is too complex. This report finds that retirees are stressed and lack the confidence to spend their super savings, turning the multi-trillion-dollar compulsory superannuation system into a massive inheritance scheme. It proposes seven recommendations and three key government reforms to simplify super in retirement.

Australians’ choice of gas or electricity for hot water and heating is influenced by regulation, circumstances, information, and personal preferences. Australia needs to get off natural gas if we are to have any hope of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to this report.

The authors of this report argue that Australia needs an updated industry policy, so that the nation can become an industrial success story as the world moves to net-zero carbon emissions.