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).
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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."
The ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research welcomes the report of the FSI and the consideration given to the input and research papers of its investigators.
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