Manual labourer unable to work into retirement calls for differentiated pension age

Ross began work as a builder at 15. Now at nearly 67, he describes his body as “destroyed”. He has been unable to work for the past four years and has been surviving on Centrelink payments and savings. “It’s been a real battle and you shouldn’t wish your life away, but I wish a long time ago that I was pension age,” he said. Older tradies may have less superannuation to fall back on. (ABC News) Australia raised the pension age from 65 to 67 in 2023. Ross — who does not want to give his last name — believes…