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Peter McDonald

Measures to cut migration for the sake of housing could be counterproductive, leaving Australia with fewer people to fill important skill shortages and ultimately doing little to manage population growth, according to CEPAR Chief Investigator Peter McDonald.

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New projections show how migrant backgrounds and cultural and linguistic diversity are set to boom among older Australians, according to a new CEPAR research brief on migration and ageing.

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CEPAR Associate Investigator Dr Timothy Neal unpacks Australia's federal budget.

Olivia S. Mitchell

With population aging on the rise, important challenges must be addressed to help people avoid outliving their savings and other assets in retirement, according to one of the world’s foremost pension economists.

John Piggott CEPAR Director UNSW economist

Next month CEPAR will host the 6th in its series of Policy Dialogues, jointly with the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University.

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One in five Australians aged 45 and over have chronic pain (pain lasting three or more months). The most common complaint among people with chronic pain is low back pain. CEPAR Chief Investigator Fiona Blyth and colleagues explain what treatments do – and don’t – work.

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Emerging singer songwriters collaborate with people diagnosed with dementia to create original songs inspired by real life.

 

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CEPAR Researcher Dr Tom Wilson suggests an alternative way of communicating population forecast uncertainty. 

John Piggott CEPAR Director UNSW economist

Fundamental to good policy analysis is good data. While national survey data take this requirement some distance, older cohorts in Australia do not enjoy the same survey attention as their younger counterparts, nor are older cohorts in Australia surveyed as comprehensively as in most other countries.