In May of 2013 CEPAR Chief Investigator Hal Kendig along with Barbara Squires, the Head of Research and Advocacy for IRT, and Kevin Vassarotti, a member of the ACT Ageing Policy Council, presented a seminar at The Australian National University on The Age-Friendly Cities (AFC) movement.

With Aged Care policy on the brink of reform, the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research and the Crawford School of Public Policy at ANU brought together Australian and international experts to examine the next steps. The Aged Care Policy Dialogue was held in Canberra on 4 December 2012. Here CEPAR Chief Investigator Professor Hal Kendig discusses aged care reform with ABC TV Breakfast host Karina Carvalho.

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17 April 2012

With a new process to streamline Australia's skilled migration set to be introduced on July 1, debate over bringing in workers -- temporarily or permanently -- to address the country's skills shortages continues to rage. Some argue skilled immigrants threaten the jobs of unemployed Australians. 

However, demographer Peter McDonald of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Population Ageing Research suggests this is not the case. Migrants can help to grow the economy and raise the wages of lower-skilled workers, he says, although they are only part of Australia's future economic growth story. Prolonging the participation of older people at work is vital, along with ramping up infrastructure to boost productivity.

12 April 2012

SINGAPORE NewsAsia TV:  Singapore's Central Provident Fund Board has extended the Minimum Sum Topping-Up scheme to also benefit parents-in-law and grandparents-in-law.

Professor John Piggott warns that it's time for Australia to prepare for the problems many countries face with an ageing population.

Professor Olivia Mitchell, CEPAR Partner Investigator based at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, discusses retirement risk management during the economic crisis. She emphasizes the importance of promoting financial literacy among the general public, as well as the need to prepare for longevity.

CEPAR Chief Investigator, Professor Kaarin Anstey, from ANU addresses the question,'Is Alzheimer's disease preventable?' in a public lecture for the Australian Association of Gerontology. The event was held at the CSIRO Discovery Centre in early 2011.

Henry Tax Review Panel Member, Professor John Piggott, discusses the outcomes of the tax review one year after its release.