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PAC MEETS PARLIAMENT         
Parliament House Canberra,19 June2012
 
 
PROGRAM
 
09.30
Registration Opens
10.00
Welcome
  • Official Opening
10.10
Opening Address:
Realising the productive potential of older people
10.30
Policy Challenges:
What the research evidence shows?
  • Overcoming barriers to employment - Dr Jeromey Temple, PAC
    - MP3 (2.5 MB)
  • Factors influencing financial health for later life – Dr Tim Higgins, ANU
    - MP3 (1.3 MB)
Commentary: Professor Philip Taylor, Monash University
- MP3 (1.5 MB)
11.30
Break
12.00
Political Party Conversations:
Meeting the challenges of ageing- what can political parties offer?
  • The Hon Mark Butler MP, Minister for Mental Health & Ageing
    - MP3 (3.8 MB)
  • Senator Rachael Siewert, Australian Greens Whip
  • The Hon Bronwyn Bishop MP, Shadow Minister for Seniors
    - MP3 (2.3 MB)
12.45
Lunch
14.00
Keynote Address:
Changing attitudes to later life and ageing: winning hearts and minds
15.00
Round Table Discussion:
Critical issues and policy responses to population ageing
16.00
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