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If you plan for retirement now, you’ll have less of a shock waiting for you in future. fizkes/Shutterstock

April 26, 2024

Think you’ll never retire? Here are four things young people can do to prepare

Chris Parry, Cardiff Metropolitan University

It may seem like a long time away but having an idea of how much income you’ll need to survive on in future is crucial.

July 6, 2023

Australia’s ‘retirement age’ just became 67. So why are the French so upset about working until 64?

Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Lifting Australia’s retirement age happened with little protest. But it hits some more than others: especially Indigenous men and women, and tens of thousands of older people pushed onto JobSeeker.

Healthy working life expectancy is the average number of years people in a population are likely to be healthy and in paid work from age 50. ALPA PROD/ Shutterstock

July 1, 2020

Retirement age is increasing – but our new study reveals most only work ten years in good health after 50

Marty Parker, Keele University; Carol Jagger, Newcastle University; Milica Blagojevic-Bucknall, Keele University, and Ross Wilkie, Keele University

For people who worked manual jobs (such as electricians or carers), this number was even lower.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this week the government would scrap the plan to lift the age for pension eligibility to 70, capping it at 67. AAP/Daniel Pockett

September 7, 2018

VIDEO: Michelle Grattan on changing the pension age, women in parliament and the au pair saga

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

Another hectic week in federal politics saw the government change the age of pension eligibility, Julie Bishop arguing for more women in parliament, and the Peter Dutton au pair story continuing to bubble along.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has abandoned the plan to raise the pension age to 70. AAP/Lukas Coch

September 5, 2018

Morrison does about-face on age pension eligibility rising to 70

Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra

The controversial plan to raise the age of the pension to 70 has been scrapped, with eligibility rising to 67 in 2023, where it will stay.

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