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

  • Written by: 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?ArtHouseStudio/pexels

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.

Women had their pension age lifted from 60 to 65 between 1995 and 2013. And all Australians have had it lifted in stages from July...

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