In a peculiar series of events, the Minister for Social Development has insisted that the superannuation eligibility age will only change in 2024, despite his own legislation starting the age increase in 2021.

The coalition of cruelty’s superannuation reforms bring forward the progressive increase in the pension eligibility age by 6 years, to start next year in 2021, rather than in 2027.

Speaking in the House on the infamous bill, imnofox said “The last government passed their accelerated eligibility age raise, already making it challenging for soon-to-be retirees to plan their retirement. Now, despite all that, we have a government determined to make life hell for those same almost-retirees who’d only just figured out their retirement plan, now having everything brought forward a significant 6 years. This is disruptive and cruel. There is no reason for this policy.”

Despite the legislation clearly starting the age increase in 2021, the ACT Minister doubled down to say the legislation would not be amended but simultaneously the plan remained for the changes to only happen in 2024.

“The Minister has to be clueless to allow for this contradiction. We need a government that knows what it’s doing, instead of falling asleep at the wheel. Minister CrusherCollins2020 must face reality.” says imnofox.

“These reforms are already cruel, unnecessary, and extremely disruptive. They’re creating uncertainty and instability for so many people who are just trying to retire. It’s part of the coalition of cruelty’s war on workers. If the Minister doesn’t even understand what his own legislation does, he should simply withdraw it.”