Working for Australia's future: Increasing participation in the workforce

Appendix G – Other inquiries on ageing and workforce participation

Below is a brief listing of some of the inquiries on ageing and workforce participation since 1999:

Productivity Commission (1999) Policy Implications of the Ageing of Australia’s Population, Conference Proceedings, Melbourne 18-19 March 1999;
Reference Group on Welfare Reform (2000) Participation Support for a More Equitable Society;
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Workplace Relations (2000) Age counts: An inquiry into issues specific to mature-age workers addressed many relevant issues;
Harding, A, et al. (2001) FinancialDisadvantage in Australia - 1990 to 2000, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling for the Smith Family;
Australian Government (2004) Connecting Government: Whole of Government Responses to Australia’s Priority Challenges, Management Advisory Committee;
Senate Community Affairs References Committee (2004) A hand up not a hand out: Renewing the fight against poverty;
Senate Community Affairs References Committee (2004) Inquiry into Aged Care:Interim Report.
Productivity Commission (2004) Economic Implications of an Ageing Australia: Draft Research Report;
House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing (2005) Future Ageing. Report on a draft report of the 40 th Parliament: Inquiry into long term strategies to address the ageing of the Australian population over the next 40 years;