The push for later and later retirement ages is not supported by a majority of those surveyed who prefer either the 2013 policy of a pension age of 65, or an older policy of a pension age split between women at 60 and men at 65. Women are only half as likely as men - 8% to 16% - to back increasing the age pension age to 70.
45
%
Nearly half of those surveyed prefer the retirement age, the age of eligibility for the age pension, be 65 years old.
15
%
Only a 15% support the current policy of lifting the pension eligibility age to 67.
12
%
A small number – 12% – back lifting the pension age even further to 70 years of age.
17
%
The second most popular option is reverting to the historical arrangement where females were eligible for the pension at 60 and men at 65.