Case to lower pension age for Indigenous Australians goes to full federal court
by Elias Visontay from World news | The Guardian on (#5ZVRH)
Legal challenge argues that lower life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples means holding them to the retirement age is discriminatory
The full federal court will consider whether Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples should be able to access the aged pension early, after a legal challenge arguing that the gap in life expectancy means holding them to the retirement age is discriminatory progressed to the next stage.
On Tuesday, Justice Debra Mortimer ordered that the full federal court consider the legal case brought against the commonwealth by a 64-year-old Indigenous man seeking early access to the age pension. The pension is set at 66 years and six months and set to increase to 67 in 2023.
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