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On average, a carer will lose almost $400,000 in lifetime earnings and about $175,000 less in super because they've left the workforce, Carers Australia says.
Carers Australia chief executive Annabel Reid is calling on the federal government to pay superannuation on the Carer Payment as happens with Paid Parental Leave.
"To ensure that [carers] are able to have some choices around the way they retire themselves, because they've given up so many of their working years for somebody else," she said.