When the Government’s Jobs Summit happens in September, eliminating ageism should be central to the agenda. Australia cannot afford to keep wasting so much talent and opportunity.
This year's Intergenerational Report makes much of the need to control the economic impact of the ageing baby boomers. It is expected that by 2056 one in four people living in Australia will be over the age of 65 and 1.8 million of them will be over 85.
COTA CE Ian Yates wrote an opinion piece for The Age in advance of the release of the 2015 Intergenerational Report calling for people to 'rethink Australia's ageing population in the context of respect, opportunity and productivity'