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
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
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