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Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Australia's 'retirement age' just became 67. So why are the French so upset about working until 64?

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Since Saturday, Australians have been required to wait until the age of 67 until they can get the age pension.

The original so-called “retirement age” of 65 for men dated back to 1909.

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