People are living thirty years longer than they did a century ago but our social structures are slow to adapt. Australia’s workplaces, educational, health and community institutions need to be rethought and reinvented to gain optimal outcomes for the new longevity economy to function effectively and productively.

The report offers a framework for developing public policy on age and work, proposing principles against which the legitimacy of actions should be tested.

Almost a third of Australians perceived some form of age-related discrimination while employed or looking for work in the last 12 months - starting as early as 45 years of age. We conducted a national survey of 2,100 men and women aged 45 years and over, and 100 telephone interviews. The most common form of...

The Victorian government’s announcement of an early retirement scheme aimed at redeploying some workers (losing their jobs due to the Hazelwood power station closure) to another power generator in the Latrobe Valley has been welcomed in many quarters. The early retirement approach to large-scale job losses is not new.

Age and Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Susan Ryan, steps down this week after five years in the job. Ryan is frustrated at the slowness of workplaces in adjusting to the reality of an ageing population. A new report by accountancy giant, Price Waterhouse Coopers, calculates the economy could be up to $78 billion better off, if...