ok Rhian, what industry are you in ?

Individual
Why is that relevant?

Rhian, because you sound suspiciously like a bureaucrat.

So what?

I have worked in government and briefly in education, but most of my adult life (about three quarters) I have worked in the private sector

Whether earned in the private or public sector, an employee's super is part of their remuneration - it is not a pot of ready money to be accessed by governments or for hare-brained experiments in nation building

Rhian,
Not telling the whole truth is akin to lying. Public servants do get a handsome lift from the service towards their Super. Higher ranking or should that be more rank bureaucrats such as politicians get even more plus they access it at close business rather than have to wait for retiring age like us mugs who work. So, if you're in the public service you DO get some of my tax dollar whereas I get nothing. Thta puts a difeernt perspective to it eh ?

Individual

Your personal attacks do you no credit and seem designed to detract from your baseless argument. Why should anyone's super be at someone else's disposal?