Preservation age
Reaching your preservation age (age 60) can give you access to your super.
What is the preservation age?
Your preservation age is the age you can:
- access your super as a lump sum or a retirement income streamopen in new window if you’ve retired, or
- start a transition-to-retirementopen in new window income stream.
Preservation age is not the same as your Age Pensionopen in new window age.
Preservation age is age 60.
For more information please visit the Australian Tax Office (ATO)open in new window website.
What next?
Find out more about Super and retirement rules.
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