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Absolutely correct. If you were born after 1960, the preservation age (minimum age to access super) is 60 years old. Discussion papers circulated within government are considering moving the age pension eligibility to 67 years old, and the thinking has been to align super preservation age...

If you're 34 now, I don't think you can access super until you're 60. And the govt is currently (quietly) looking at ways to increase that number further. I've seen discussion papers that suggest 67 would be a good age to set as the minimum for accessing super, increasing to 72 over the next...

As I've said here before, I am not at all convinced super is a good thing, at least not for me. Fortunately it's not an issue, as I bang up against the $25k yearly contribution limit just from my minimum compulsory contributions anyway. I figure between my wife and I (who is my age) we will...