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25th Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers CIPRs Panel

Speakers at the 25th Annual Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers on Friday were not shy giving Treasury officials a laundry list of the challenges they face in developing products to help consumers ensure they do not outlive their savings.

Man In Work Shed

As outrage builds over a proposal to force Australians to work until 70, experts are urging businesses to follow the example of hardware giant Bunnings and unleash the untapped labour of older workers.

Couple On Jetty

Heather Booth, Associate Investigator at CEPAR and Professor of Demography at ANU, is featured in this article by Jill Pengelley for The Advertiser (Adelaide and SA news).

Canberra Federal Budget

On 11 May, CEPAR Director John Piggott joined other experts from UNSW Business School to analyse the 2017 Federal Budget in a roundtable discussion. The discussion took place in Sydney’s CBD.
 

Population ageing data

Post-Federal Budget analysis of the government's announcement to fully fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Content pensioners enjoying a stroll

Professor John Piggott, told interviewer Matthew Tukaki that if older workers could be engaged in employment longer their net contribution to GDP would be in the tens of billions of dollars.

John Piggott

Professor John Piggott presented at the UNSW Business School Learn @ Lunch series on the topic of population ageing. 

Monetary growth

John Piggott, CEPAR Director, comments in the Australian Financial Review: “GDP boost can come from better informed workers”.

Middle aged couple researching online

Rafal Chomik, Senior Research Fellow at CEPAR, chats to Kayley Harris and Nick Bennett on The Daily Drive about whether or not older Australians are worse off than in other countries.