This report calls for several, long-overdue changes to make workplaces and society safer for women, close the gender pay gap and ensure all working women have a secure retirement.

The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) and the ANU's Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (TTPI) hosted a roundtable in March 2021 to examine the 2020 Retirement Income Review report and to consider its implications for further reform of the system. This paper draws heavily on the roundtable presentations and discussions.

This report considered the housing situation of New Zealanders aged 65–74 and 75 years plus using data from the Health, Work and Retirement longitudinal study.

This report shows the compelling body of evidence that it is in the best financial interests of all current and future workers in Australia, and the broader Australian economy, that the scheduled Superannuation Guarantee increases to 12 per cent, as planned.

The recent Retirement Income Review (RIR) implies policies that would reduce after-tax returns to super saving, encourage faster spending of life savings and of equity in the family home, and minimise bequests. This paper argues that the RIR relies on contested Treasury ‘tax expenditure’ estimates that use a hypothetical benchmark that is biased against all...