Manual labourers could become eligible for the age pension two years early, under a change to the Labor Party's national policy platform. Australia lifted the pension age from 65 to 67 in 2023, but some manual workers have said they are physically struggling to keep working until retirement age. Along with backing compulsory superannuation for workers under the age of 18, Labor's policy platform was amended to examine the impact of the pension age for manual workers. The pension age began gradually rising from 65 to 67 back in 2017 under a change by the former Rudd government. "Labor will evaluate the impacts of age pension eligibility on long-term manual workers and seek to improve alternative work opportunities to better ensure dignified pathways to retirement."