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Getting older Australians back to work is an exciting economic opportunity

- July 21, 2023 5 MIN READ

  Recently the Western Australian government announced a $5.5 million program encouraging employers to hire older jobseekers, and it’s music to Julianne Parkinson’s ears. As the founding CEO of the Global Centre for Modern Ageing, Parkinson is a long-time advocate of our older Australians’ social and economic potential. She shares why the WA initiative is… Read more »

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SA study reveals ageism could be a built-in perspective

- September 11, 2018 < 1 MIN READ

South Australian research into the psychology of bias suggests we may be neurologically set up to be ageist. Prompting the question, how do we overcome bias in the workplace? The research conducted by Flinders University Psychology Professor Mike Nicholl has found our response to others is subliminally connected to appearance and age, in a subconscious… Read more »