Joe Hockey raises prospect of first home buyers using super to enter property market

By Gareth Hutchens
Updated March 8 2015 - 1:08am, first published March 6 2015 - 6:14pm
Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Andrew Meares
Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Andrew Meares
Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Andrew Meares
Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Andrew Meares
Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Andrew Meares
Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Andrew Meares
Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Andrew Meares
Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo: Andrew Meares

Treasurer Joe Hockey has raised the prospect of allowing first home buyers to dip into their superannuation to buy a property, saying Australians need to think very differently about the role of super in future as the population ages.