Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline (see more in Web Links and Documents section)AGE, September 5, Insight section, page 3, analysis (ref also to life expectancy, longevity and social, economic and health care effects) by Adele Horin, `The time of our longer lives'.http://www.theage.com.au/national/the-time-of-our-longer-lives-20090904-fbg1.html AGE, December 30, page 1, news item by Peter Martin, `So can we still feed them now they're 64?'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/so-can-we-still-feed-them-now-theyre-64-20091229-lis2.html AUST, January 28, page 11, analysis by Adam Cresswell, `The real cost of a long life'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/the-real-cost-of-a-long-life/story-e6frg6z6-1225824117183 AUST, February 2, page 13, editorial (with cartoon), `The trouble with talking about the next generation'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/the-trouble-with-talking-about-the-next-generation/story-e6frg71x-1225825692199 AUST, February 2, page 11, analysis by Tom Dusevic, `Our coming of age'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/features/our-coming-of-age/story-e6frg6z6-1225825666817 AGE, February 2, page 9, comment by Tim Colebatch, `(Intergenerational) Report fails to make the grade'. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/report-fails-to-make-the-grade-20100201-n8rb.html AGE, February 2, page 9, editorial, `Decisions now alter destiny in 2050'. http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/decisions-now-alter-destiny-in-2050-20100201-n8rg.html AGE, February 2, page 4, news items (with projections to 2050) by Peter Martin and Metherell, `Aged to hit budget hard by 2050, report warns'. http://www.theage.com.au/national/aged-to-hit-budget-hard-by-2050-report-warns-20100201-n8y0.html AUST, February 1, page 15, editorial, `We need tough treatment for high healthcare results'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/we-need-tough-treatment-for-high-healthcare-costs/story-e6frg71x-1225825220103 AUST, February 1, page 1, news item by Samantha Maiden, `Swan's carrot for older workers'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/wayne-swans-carrot-for-older-workers/story-e6frgczf-1225825257525 AUST, January 30, page 14, comment (ref to Martin Amis' call for "euthanasia booths") by Brendan O'Neill, `Longevity is a triumph, not a problem'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/longevity-is-a-triumph-not-a-problem/story-e6frg6zo-1225824847907 AUST, February 18, page 12, comment by Gary Johns, `The elderly can pay for nursing homes'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/the-elderly-can-pay-for-nursing-homes/story-e6frg6zo-1225831542541 AUST, February 12, page 14, comment (on the Intergenerational Report) by Henry Ergas, `Much thicker but no wiser'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/politics/opinion/much-thicker-but-no-wiser/story-e6frgd0x-1225829337158 AGE, February 23, page 9, analysis by Farah Farouque, `Boom, crash, learn' (with related item, `Age discrimination shuts the door on a wealth of experience'). http://www.theage.com.au/national/boom-crash-learn-20100222-orvd.html http://www.theage.com.au/national/age-discrimination-shuts-door-on-a-wealth-of-experience-20100222-orvb.html AUST, March 29, page 14, comment by Glenn Milne, `For those of a certain age, health is everything'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/for-those-of-a-certain-age-health-is-everything/story-e6frg75x-1225846613143 AGE, April 11, page 13, analysis by Kathy Evans, `The future is grey'. http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/the-future-is-grey-20100410-rzw3.html AUST, June 3, page 11, comment by Anatole Kaletsky, `Retirement revolution to shake the world'. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/retirement-revolution-to-shake-world/story-e6frg6zo-1225874710567 |