The ageing of the Australian population presents numerous opportunities and it is important to understand how senior Australians view different aspects of their own lives, as well as life in Australia more generally. A summary index is a valuable means of understanding the sentiment of mature age people, and it can be tracked across time...

The ageing of the Australian population is resulting in an increasing proportion of the workforce being comprised of mature age people as stated in this report by National Seniors Australia. In the coming years, many of these older workers will cease employment and enter retirement – either fully or partially. The nature of how these...

A defining characteristic of present-day Australia is the large number of baby boomers – those born between 1946 and 1965 – who are retiring or approaching retirement from paid employment. Just as the baby boomers’ previous major life events, such as being employed and childbearing, have significantly impacted on Australia’s economy and society, so too...

Although it is popularly thought that older people prefer to downsize to smaller dwellings, the evidence suggests there is a reluctance to do so (Judd et al. 2010). This is partly because of the strong attachments to their existing home and the need for space for post-retirement activities important for health and wellbeing. This study...

This paper argues that whatever the rationales for the creation of the current system of tax concessions for superannuation, minimising the future cost of the age pension does not appear to be among them. Australian taxpayers contributed $30.2 billion to the private accounts of that portion of the population with superannuation 2011-12. By 2015-16 this...