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Five reasons we don't have a retirement savings crisis
There are powerful vested interests pushing the idea that Australians need to save more for retirement.
Caitlin Fitzsimmons is the editor of Money for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in our Sydney newsroom. She writes the weekly Mind Over Money column.
There are powerful vested interests pushing the idea that Australians need to save more for retirement.
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