http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/intergenerational-report/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-message-to-the-pensioners-of-australia-get-stuffed/ If Tony Abbott is serious about tackling dangerous gangs which are threatening to destroy Australia, he should start with the aged pensioners. Personally I am much less worried about what a large intoxicated Islander called Fuifui is going to do to me at the pub at after-work drinks tonight than what Clem and Ethel are going to do the national economy in 20 years’ time. Just to be clear, I am not talking here about the genuine battler pensioners who have no assets other than their family home, or the real salt-of-the-earth oldies who have only ever rented or lived in public housing, the people who deserve an unchallenged leg-up from government in their twilight years. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-message-to-the-pensioners-of-australia-get-stuffed/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-message-to-the-pensioners-of-australia-get-stuffed/#item3670 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 This week’s release of the 2010 Intergenerational Report by Treasurer Wayne Swan brought the issue of mature-age workers rightly into the spotlight. Few issues are as important to our nation’s future as responding to the long-term trend of an ageing population.  It was therefore disappointing to see the inflammatory response of Coalition Seniors spokesperson Bronwyn Bishop claiming that the Government was demonising older people and forcing them to work until they drop. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Work-while-you-can-but-not-til-you-drop/ This week’s release of the 2010 Intergenerational Report by Treasurer Wayne Swan brought the issue of mature-age workers rightly into the spotlight. Few issues are as important to our nation’s future as responding to the long-term trend of an ageing population.  It was therefore disappointing to see the inflammatory response of Coalition Seniors spokesperson Bronwyn Bishop claiming that the Government was demonising older people and forcing them to work until they drop. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Work-while-you-can-but-not-til-you-drop/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Work-while-you-can-but-not-til-you-drop/#item2301 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 This week’s release of the 2010 Intergenerational Report by Treasurer Wayne Swan brought the issue of mature-age workers rightly into the spotlight. Few issues are as important to our nation’s future as responding to the long-term trend of an ageing population.  It was therefore disappointing to see the inflammatory response of Coalition Seniors spokesperson Bronwyn Bishop claiming that the Government was demonising older people and forcing them to work until they drop.