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Papers

Title	PDF	RTF
Australia’s Demographic Challenges	1.6MB
Complete without cover page	223KB	1.3MB
Preliminaries & Introduction
Improving the capacity for work
Better incentives
Supporting more flexible work options
Conclusion
Appendix — The economic implications of an ageing population
The policy challenge
So what are the choices?

A More Flexible and Adaptable Retirement Income System	1.4MB	185KB
The Retirement Income System
The importance of planning for retirement
Government initiative
Attachment A: Impact on underlying cash balance of the retirement income initiatives ($m)
Attachment B: Government improvements to the retirement income system since being elected in 1996

Outcomes of the Consultations on Australia’s Demographic Challenges	22KB	33KB
Comments on the broad agenda
Summary of views on the key policy issues
Summary