This Paper is the one of two Issues Papers for the Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination against Older Australians and Australians with Disability. This paper focuses on issues facing older Australians, while the other focuses on issues facing persons with disability. Each...
Foreword The longevity revolution is underway, inexorably. The number of Australians aged 65 and over is projected to more than double by 2055, when there will be around 40,000 people aged 100 and over. Life expectancy continues to increase. In 2055, men can expect to live on average to 95.1 and...
Your Rights At Retirement: A guide to making decisions and navigating your entitlements in later life. This booklet helps you to navigate the different phases of ageing. It covers topics from setting up a retirement budget through to considering options for aged care. The booklet can be used as a...
Increasing mature age participation and employment has a range of benefits for the economy, the Government and, of course, for individual Australians with a desire to continue working.
Explore a position paper that outlines a human rights approach for the implementation of the Australian Government's residential aged care reforms.
As a society, we have been slow to recognise that millions of older Australians are locked out of the workforce by age discrimination. We are only now starting to understand what a terrible waste of human capital this situation represents; a loss to the national economy and to businesses large and...
This paper replaces the previous Commission paper - 鈥楻oadmap to the Age Discrimination Act鈥. It includes an update on subsequent changes made to the Act. The paper will also look at the ways in which the Act is used by members of the public in exercising their rights, specifically in relation to...
Contents Foreword Executive summary 1 Introduction 2 Ageism and age discrimination 鈥 what is it? 2.1 What is ageism? 2.2 The link between ageism, age discrimination and employment 2.3 Age-based stereotypes in employment 3 The Age Discrimination Act and the international legal framework 鈥 what are...