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Hanson accuses Labor of using superannuation to pay off debt

By Brittany Busch

Over in the Senate, Pauline Hanson has used question time to accuse Labor of wanting to use Australians’ superannuation to pay down debt.

Hanson wants renters and mortgage holders – roughly 7 million people – to have the option of keeping up to a quarter of three years of super contributions to help with cost-of-living pressures.

“Your government calls Australian super a national asset. One Nation says it is their money. Our plan is voluntary, lasts for only three years, applies only to future contributions, and leaves existing super untouched,” Hanson told the chamber.

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said Labor would continue to defend the super system to ensure Australians were not forced to rely on the aged pension later in life.

“We don’t support weakening of a system that is there to ensure that people are able to live a dignified retirement,”