From the archive
8 October 2021
Buurtzorg provides more humane care for elderly people at a lower cost. So what’s stopping it from being adopted in Australia?
Books & Arts
3 June 2021
Three films tackle dementia is very different ways
National Affairs
1 June 2021
Fears about a declining birthrate reflect a twentieth-century view of how the economy works
National Affairs
5 February 2021
The superannuation guarantee shouldn’t rise until the system is made fairer
Essays & Reportage
14 September 2020
Decades of misguided policy sowed the seeds of a human rights disaster
National Affairs
11 September 2020
How one economist came to have doubts about the plan to lift the compulsory superannuation contribution rate
National Affairs
7 August 2020
Australia’s aged care homes were a disaster waiting to happen
Essays & Reportage
5 May 2020
Why do we keeping rediscovering, then forgetting, the diabolical state of aged care?
National Affairs
10 February 2020
Which generation has the biggest stake in the absurdities of the generation game?
National Affairs
16 December 2019
Generational divides don’t explain much, though attitudes to climate and culture seem to be exceptions
Books & Arts
4 December 2019
Music | Late-career singers can do what young singers can’t
Essays & Reportage
22 October 2019
Can a successful social investment model be used in aged care and elsewhere?
Books & Arts
24 September 2019
Books | Ageing can be a better experience, but we might need to face a few unpleasant facts
National Affairs
14 September 2018
The short answer is yes, but the long answer is more complicated
Books & Arts
22 May 2018
Books | Does the wellness movement ignore important truths (and take up too much of our time)?
National Affairs
29 April 2018
Increasing the Superannuation Guarantee will help the rich at the expense of the poor
National Affairs
27 November 2017
The growing dominance of private providers has led to lower standards of care. But will baby boomers put up with it?
Books & Arts
25 November 2017
A new book takes a nuanced look at ageing gay men and the world they live in
Books & Arts
23 March 2017
Books | Middle age is expanding, which is mostly good news
National Affairs
25 October 2016
Changes to migration rules over the past two decades have made it progressively harder to bring ageing parents to Australia. But does a new policy – promised in the heat of…
National Affairs
4 October 2016
Mistaken fears about an “ageing population” have stopped us from considering how best to respond to the prospect of longer, healthier lives
Essays & Reportage
17 June 2016
Ageing needs to be treated as a state of living rather than failing, argues Melanie Joosten in this extract from her new book
National Affairs
26 November 2015
Senior federal government ministers say that welfare spending is growing too quickly. Peter Whiteford sifts the figures and comes to a different conclusion
From the archive
17 December 2014
Atul Gawande has written an important book about the limits of medicine
Books & Arts
28 July 2014
Why do so many dementia researchers hold to a single theory so fervently? An unsettling new book throws light on entrenched beliefs, writes David Le Couteur
National Affairs
28 April 2014
Would increasing the pension age be fair and effective? Peter Whiteford looks at the Australian and international evidence
National Affairs
17 April 2014
If the rumours are correct, the federal government is considering a complex but far-reaching change to pension payments, writes Daniel Nethery
Books & Arts
29 November 2013
Sara Dowse reviews three new books about what it means to grow old
National Affairs
27 November 2013
The politics of the ageing electorate is complicating government responses to the ageing society, writes Rodney Tiffen
National Affairs
28 August 2013
Without a change in policies, an ageing population is likely to reduce housing affordability and increase inequality, writes Peter Mares