Universally regarded as Australia's leading authority on demography, Peter McDonald, CEPAR's Deputy Director and Professor of Demography at ANU's Crawford School of Public Policy, is the recipient of the 2015 Irene B. Taeuber Award.
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A Public Forum presented by CEPAR to improve public understanding of, and promote community discussion about, the impact of population ageing.
Explore our comprehensive list of news articles and commentary published in 2015.
Chinese and Australian students PhD students came up with some imaginative cross-disciplinary solutions when challenged to address common issues in long term care for the growing aged populations in both countries at the annual Go8C9 conference.
Research presented at the 2014 ERA (Emerging Researchers in Ageing) Conference 24 - 25 November, challenges the notion that older people are amongst the most vulnerable during emergencies caused by bushfires, environmental hazards and extreme weather events.
Australia's governments must act now to reap long term rewards from the opportunities an ageing Australia presents, according to Population Ageing and Australia's Future, the 2014 symposium of the Academy of Social Sciences Australia (ASSA).
The average older Australian - who is she? She is a 75 year old Anglican woman who drives a car, has broadband, votes for the Coalition and lives in her own three bedroom home with her spouse.
CEPAR is one of 11 organisations in the successful consortium which won the International Longevity Centre bid to establish an Australian centre.
"Australia's public and private economy-wide deficit could blow out to more than $400 billion by 2050 due to the nation's ageing population, a new report has found."