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More middle-aged men crashing bikes more often Source ABC There has been a significant rise in the number of middle-aged men critically injured in bicycle and motorcycle accidents. The Institute of Health and Welfare has looked at how many drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians were seriously injured in road accidents between 2000 and 2008. It found the number of men between 45 and 64 with life-threatening injuries increased by 50 per cent, with motorbike riders and cyclists accounting for the largest increase in injuries. Researcher Geoff Henley says researchers believe the increase is down to increasing numbers of men in the age group riding bikes and motorcycles. But he says younger people still have the highest injury rate overall. More
Government looks at economic potential of seniors Source: ABC Online Eleanor Hall Back home, the Federal Government says it wants to harness the economic potential of older Australians. To that end, the Treasurer Wayne Swan announced an expert panel to advise him, saying he hopes that as many as 300,000 unemployed 55 to 64-year-olds could come back into the workforce. More
New panel to advise govt on seniors Source: SMH AAP The federal government will establish a new advisory panel to ensure older Australians are considered in a range of policy debates. Treasurer Wayne Swan will tell a mature-age participation conference in Sydney on Wednesday of the importance of older workers in the community and the value they add to businesses. "Enhancing mature participation is simply one of the most important issues facing our economy today," Mr Swan says. The new advisory panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians will work throughout this year to ensure the considerations of older Australians are injected into contemporary policy debates. More
Carbon won't cost the clever consumers Source: The Age By Alan Pears The recent hysterical claims that carbon pricing will make it too expensive to run an airconditioner, or that many industries will be destroyed, are simply ridiculous. The reality is that costs are changing all the time, and the carbon cost is likely to be ''in the noise'' for most Australians, even for electricity prices. The objective of placing a price on carbon dioxide emissions is clear. Emitters now make free use of the limited global atmosphere. Placing a price on emissions means they will ''pay to pollute''. More
Financial services group calls for extension of retiree pension relief By Geoffrey Newman Source: The Australian A SUBMISSION to the federal government says self-funded retirees should be granted extended relief from being forced to draw down on their private pensions, because asset levels have not yet recovered enough from the global financial crisis. The Financial Services Council, the peak body for the financial services industry, says in its submission to the federal budget that the relief scheme, which is due to expire at the end of June, should be extended into the 2011-12 financial year because pension balances "remain well below 2007 levels". The government has estimated that the relief measures, first granted in February 2009, would have benefited up to 400,000 Australians with account-based pensions. More
Ageing Australia: a crisis or triumph? Source: ABC Online - William Bourke So pervasive is the assertion that we have an ‘ageing crisis’ that it seems to have entered popular belief. Having spent all of human history trying to live longer, we now hear government and big business spreading fear about a wonderful achievement. But what does population ageing actually mean? And why is the fear mongering invariably by those with a vested interest in population growth? More

More middle-aged men crashing bikes more often

Source ABC

There has been a significant rise in the number of middle-aged men critically injured in bicycle and motorcycle accidents.

The Institute of Health and Welfare has looked at how many drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists and pedestrians were seriously injured in road accidents between 2000 and 2008.

It found the number of men between 45 and 64 with life-threatening injuries increased by 50 per cent, with motorbike riders and cyclists accounting for the largest increase in injuries.

Researcher Geoff Henley says researchers believe the increase is down to increasing numbers of men in the age group riding bikes and motorcycles.

But he says younger people still have the highest injury rate overall.

Government looks at economic potential of seniors

Source: ABC Online Eleanor Hall Back home, the Federal Government says it wants to harness the economic potential of older Australians. To that end, the Treasurer Wayne Swan announced an expert panel to advise him, saying he hopes that as many as 300,000 unemployed 55 to 64-year-olds could come back into the workforce.

New panel to advise govt on seniors

Source: SMH AAP

The federal government will establish a new advisory panel to ensure older Australians are considered in a range of policy debates.

Treasurer Wayne Swan will tell a mature-age participation conference in Sydney on Wednesday of the importance of older workers in the community and the value they add to businesses.

"Enhancing mature participation is simply one of the most important issues facing our economy today," Mr Swan says.

The new advisory panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians will work throughout this year to ensure the considerations of older Australians are injected into contemporary policy debates.

Carbon won't cost the clever consumers

Source: The Age By Alan Pears

The recent hysterical claims that carbon pricing will make it too expensive to run an airconditioner, or that many industries will be destroyed, are simply ridiculous.

The reality is that costs are changing all the time, and the carbon cost is likely to be ''in the noise'' for most Australians, even for electricity prices.

The objective of placing a price on carbon dioxide emissions is clear. Emitters now make free use of the limited global atmosphere. Placing a price on emissions means they will ''pay to pollute''.

Financial services group calls for extension of retiree pension relief

By Geoffrey Newman Source: The Australian

A SUBMISSION to the federal government says self-funded retirees should be granted extended relief from being forced to draw down on their private pensions, because asset levels have not yet recovered enough from the global financial crisis.

The Financial Services Council, the peak body for the financial services industry, says in its submission to the federal budget that the relief scheme, which is due to expire at the end of June, should be extended into the 2011-12 financial year because pension balances "remain well below 2007 levels".

The government has estimated that the relief measures, first granted in February 2009, would have benefited up to 400,000 Australians with account-based pensions.

Ageing Australia: a crisis or triumph?

Source: ABC Online - William Bourke

So pervasive is the assertion that we have an ‘ageing crisis’ that it seems to have entered popular belief. Having spent all of human history trying to live longer, we now hear government and big business spreading fear about a wonderful achievement.

But what does population ageing actually mean? And why is the fear mongering invariably by those with a vested interest in population growth?

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