Daily Mail columnist Peter van Onselen argues that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's superannuation proposal is comparatively moderate, making the major parties look extreme by contrast. Under Hanson's plan, workers could opt to receive three percentage points of their future compulsory super contributions as a concessionally taxed pay boost for up to three years, while employers would still pay the full amount into super funds and existing balances would remain untouched. Van Onselen contrasts this with Liberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg's push to overhaul the entire super system and Labor's blanket opposition to any early access, accusing minister Tanya Plibersek of mischaracterising the policy as encouraging Australians to "raid" their savings.

The columnist notes the plan would leave at least 9 per cent of the compulsory 12 per cent contribution invested, and estimates it would deliver an extra $44 a week for a worker earning $90,000, or $82 for a couple on a combined $168,000. He frames it as a temporary, voluntary measure to ease cost-of-living pressure rather than a permanent drawdown of retirement savings, and criticises Labor for demanding fiscal restraint on individuals' super while running large budget deficits and federal debt exceeding $1 trillion. He also pushes back on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's description of the $4.5 trillion superannuation pool as a "national asset", insisting it consists of privately owned individual savings.