Australia's retirement age just became 67

Increasing the age at which people become eligible for NZ Super is a bit of a political football. Across the ditch Australians now have to wait until they are 67 until they can collect the old age pension. So how did the Aussies do it and should we follow suit? New Zealander Ross Stitt is a former tax lawyer and is a freelance writer with a PhD in political science based in Sydney.