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Age pension budget cost drops $15 billion annually

9/10/2026

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  • Treasurer Jim Chalmers will announce the age-pension’s budget cost will drop $15 billion annually.
  • Treasury data shows pension spending will fall from 2.3 % to 1.8 % of GDP by the mid-2060s.
  • The intergenerational report projects 9 million Australians will be over age 67 by 2066.
  • It also predicts pensioners will shrink from 66 % to 52 % of retirees.
  • One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce proposes renters withdraw a quarter of the 12 % super guarantee for three years.