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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Butler

Coalition plan allowing first homebuyers to use super could shrink all workers’ retirement savings, industry analysis finds

Under Scott Morrison’s plan, Australians could use up to 40% of their super to help buy their first home.
Under Scott Morrison’s plan, Australians could use up to 40% of their super to help buy their first home. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Every Australian worker will be up to $30,000 worse off in retirement under Scott Morrison’s flagship policy allowing people to raid their superannuation to help buy a home, according to Industry Super Australia analysis.

In analysis released on Wednesday, ISA, which represents the profit-to-member industry fund sector jointly run by employers and unions, said the move would carve between 0.1 and 0.2 percentage points a year from the returns enjoyed by retirement savers.

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