Planning for retirement
July 2003
© Commonwealth of Australia 2003
ISBN 0 642 71264 6
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TABLE OF CONTENTS (
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Membership of the Committee (
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Terms of Reference (PDF format)
Conduct of the inquiry (PDF format)
Preface (PDF format)
List of Abbreviations (PDF
format)
Recommendations (PDF
format)
PART I (PDF
format)
THE CURRENT
TRANSITION FROM WORK TO RETIREMENT IN AUSTRALIA
Chapter One -
Population and Labour Force Trends (PDF format)
Chapter Two
- The
Workforce Experience of Mature Age Workers (PDF format)
Chapter Three - Employer Attitudes Towards Mature Age Workers (PDF format)
Chapter Four -
The Productivity of Mature Age Workers (PDF format)
Chapter Five -
The Impact of Involuntary Retirement on Mature Age Workers (PDF format)
Chapter Six - The
Case for Change (PDF format)
PART II
(PDF format)
ENCOURAGING
PROGRESSIVE TRANSITION FROM WORK TO RETIREMENT IN AUSTRALIA
Chapter Seven -
Part-time Work and Labour Market Programs (PDF format)
Chapter Eight -
Using Superannuation to Finance Retraining (PDF format)
Chapter Nine -
Income Support Arrangements for Pre-retirees and Retirees (PDF format)
Chapter Ten -
Retirement and Eligibility for the Age Pension (PDF format)
PART III
(PDF format)
WAYS TO
ASSIST OLDER WORKERS PLAN FOR THEIR RETIREMENT
Chapter Eleven -
Current Planning for Retirement in Australia (PDF format)
Chapter Twelve - The Quality of Paid Financial Advice (PDF format)
Chapter Thirteen
- Government and Superannuation Fund Assistance (PDF format)
Chapter Fourteen
- Non-financial Planning for Retirement (PDF format)
PART IV
(PDF format)
OTHER ISSUES
AND CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Chapter Fifteen - Other Issues (PDF format)
Chapter Sixteen - Conclusions and Recommendations (PDF
format)
Appendix 1 - Submissions (PDF
format)
Appendix 2 - Public hearings (PDF
format)
Appendix 3 - Tabled documents (PDF
format)
Appendix 4 - List of Committee Reports 1991 - 2003
(PDF format)
Appendix 5 - The COTA National Seniors Partnership Submission
on the proposed introduction of federal age discrimination legislation (PDF format)
Appendix 6 - Assumptions underlying the Centrestone case study
(PDF format)
Appendix 7 - Sample retirement projection statement (PDF format)
Appendix 8 - Annuities: regulation withdrawals from individual
pension accounts (PDF format)