Australian Government - SkillsInfo

• Ageing - Employment Overview
• Workforce Ageing - Reports
• Workforce Ageing - Presentations
• Mature Age - Employment Strategies
• Mature Age - Education and Training

The following 'dashboard' shows the employment share of the 45 and over age group, as well as the median age for each industry.
    

• Addressing Impacts of Population Ageing on Labour Force Participation - Melbourne Institute (May 2005)
• Age Can Work - The case for older Australians staying in the workforce (April 2003)
• Australia’s Ageing Workforce - Department of Parliamentary Services (March 2005)
• Baby Boomers - doing it for themselves (AMP.NATSEM report) (March 2007)
• Intergenerational Report 2007 - Treasury (April 2007)
• Meeting Australia's Ageing Challenge: The Importance of Women's Workforce Participation (November 2006)
• Economic Implications of an Ageing Australia - Productivity Commission Report (April 2005)
• Retirement Intentions of Mature Age Workers - Melbourne Institute (July 2003)
• Implications of the ageing of the population for the trades in Australia
  (October 2007)
• Older men bounce back: the re-emergence of older male workers – Treasury (2006)
• Grey Matters - Positive Ageing Workforce Education Project (VIC) (2006)
• Productive and safe workplaces for an ageing workforce - APSC Report (2003)
• The Ageing Population: Implications for the Australian Workforce - Hudson Report (August 2004)
• The Evolving Workplace: The Seven Key Drivers of Mature-aged Workers (July 2006)
• Workforce Tomorrow - Adapting to a more diverse Australian labour market (November 2005)

• Job Prospects, Skill Shortages and Job Outlook
• Responding to an ageing workforce in an Australian state
• Mapping Behavioural Trends of the Baby Boomers – NATSEM Presentation
• Modelling Our Future: Population Ageing and Social Policy (NATSEM presentation)
• Population Ageing: Implications for Our Socio-Economic Futures and Local Government
• Retaining Mature Age Talent in the Workforce

• Employment information online JobAcess
• Employment Services Toolbox for Mature Age Job Seekers
• Jobwise - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) site dedicated to promoting mature age employment
• Mature Age Employment and Workplace Strategy (MAEWS)
• Mature Age Employer Champions 

• Jobwise - Age Management Training
• Jobwise - Mature Age Work Training
• Jobwise Workshops
• Jobwise Self Help Groups
• Lifelong Learning and Older Workers: NCVER Report 

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