Senior Aussies show potential
The growing cohort of senior Australians has the potential to tackle skills shortages in Australia’s economy, adding to the quality of volunteering and creating a stronger market for new customised products and services. This vision of the country’s future was made by the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians when it delivered its second report last week.
The growing cohort of senior Australians has the potential to tackle skills shortages in Australia’s economy, adding to the quality of volunteering and creating a stronger market for new customised products and services.
This vision of the country’s future was made by the Advisory Panel on the Economic Potential of Senior Australians when it delivered its second report last week, which reviewed how Australia could make the most of opportunities presented by “a larger and more active community of older Australians”.
Identifying a number of themes after numerous public consultations, the report indicated the need for increasing workforce participation, access to suitable housing, lifelong learning and healthy ageing.
According to the Panel, Australia needed to do more to “tap the wealth of life experience, knowledge and skills of older Australians”.
“Most Australians moving into their senior years now are better educated, healthier and more financially secure than previous generations. As a result, older Australians are contributing to society, the workplace and their own wellbeing to an extent not previously experienced,” the Panel’s report stated.
