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Study shows women accumulate far less in super balances than men; RBA governor to speak in Sydney. Follow all the day’s news live
Good morning and welcome to our daily politics blog. I’m Martin Farrer and, before Amy Remeikis gets fired up for the day, here are some of the main news lines from overnight.
We have a package of stories to kick off International Women’s Day, with our lead being a study showing that Australian women earn $1m less on average over their lifetimes than men and retire with $136,000 less in superannuation. According to research by the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work, women earning the median wage would accumulate about $393,676 in super, $151,000 below the level defined as a “comfortable retirement”.
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