One of the key messages from Treasury’s Intergenerational Report, released yesterday, is that Australia will have a dwindling pool of workers over the next 40 years as the population’s average age increases. The Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he wants to get older people working if they want to. But older workers say they face significant challenges to stay in the workforce. And advocates say it’s time to get rid of the bureaucratic redtape.
The City of Perth will be the place to be this New Year’s Eve and Australia Day 2024 thanks to a partnership with Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill. Having played a significant role in the 2023 City of Lights series, Hancock Prospecting and Roy Hill has stepped up again thanks to the generosity and keen support of Executive Chairman, Mrs Gina Rinehart AO, partnering on two of the City’s most popular events. Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas said the free shows were wildly popular last summer and were expected to again be a hit with families and visitors alike.
With the Australian population set to age, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) says the government needs to “remove unfair tax and red tape barriers stopping Australian pensioners, veterans, and students who want to work.” Research Fellow at the IPA Saxon Davidson told Oliver Peterson on Perth Live that Australia needs to emulate New Zealand where pensioners are not punished for working, “Leading surveys show that twenty per cent of pensioners would rejoin the workforce if these unfair barriers were removed.”
It was opened on Thursday as part of the college’s new academic centre, which also gives the college’s 150 full-time-equivalent undergraduate and postgraduate students a grand hall, a new lecture theatre, media room and six additional classrooms. “We are deeply honoured and thankful to Mrs Rinehart for her transformative contribution to Campion College,’’ college president Paul Morrissey said. “As we stand here before these awe-inspiring buildings, we are reminded that they have been meticulously built to last and inspire generations of current and future students. I am confident that students and scholars who study in these rooms will find solace in the wealth of resources housed within the Gina Rinehart Library.’’
Dr Paul Morrissey, President of Campion College, expressed his excitement, saying, “We are deeply honoured and thankful to Mrs Rinehart for her transformative contribution to Campion College. She is a great Australian, committed to our country’s wellbeing and its future, and it is fitting that this library is named after her. The library is a magnificent addition to the campus, the highlight of which, in addition to its books, is a superb original stained-glass skylight over the grand staircase. Mrs Rinehart’s assistance represents a significant contribution to the future of Campion College and its commitment to providing a world-class academic experience for young Australians. We are honoured to name the Campion College library after this great Australian.”
My father throughout his whole life was a huge lover of the bush and of our country, and made himself unpopular at times, standing up for what he could see was in the nation’s best interests. On our long drives together in the bush to check windmills and cattle – I was the gate opener and tool carrier – Dad would sometimes tell me jokes. One he especially liked was told by Dr Edward Teller – scientists who knew both Teller and Einstein said that Teller had the greater mind.
Hancock Prospecting, Australia’s leading mining and agricultural company, has renewed their Major Partnership with Rowing Australia – backing Australia’s rowers in their journey to the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The four-year funding agreement will see Hancock Prospecting and Rowing Australia Patron Gina Rinehart continue to provide direct funding to elite athletes and enable them to have a laser-focus on chasing their dreams to represent our country to the best of their ability. Hancock’s and Rinehart’s relationship with Rowing Australia dates back to 2015 and has revolutionised the High-Performance program. The results were on show in Tokyo in 2021, when Australian rowers collected two Gold Medals and two Bronze Medals at the Olympic Games and a Silver Medal at the Paralympic Games.
More than a dozen swimmers from the Boyne Tannum Bullets swim club competed at the 2023 Hancock Prospecting Short Course State Swimming Championships in Brisbane over the weekend, with five returning as medallists.
In its 16th year, the Brisbane Fashion Festival has cemented its place on the Australian fashion calendar, showcasing the very best of local designers and the brightest up and coming designers. Hancock Prospecting is delighted to return as a Platinum Partner of Queensland’s Premier Fashion Event, the Brisbane Fashion Festival for 2023
“Age-old problem needs future-proofing” is missing an important component in the worker shortage debate, the harsh treatment by the Federal Government of aged Australians and other pensioners who would otherwise like to continue working.Let’s look after our own better and remove the incomes test. Allow those pensioners who would like to, including veterans, contribute to the prosperity of us all. This initiative will assist with the current housing crisis and cost-of-living issues as well. – Dean Nalder
Future Australia Jobs, | full launch Friday 1 September 2023.
