Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

to move from one job to another or to move from one department to another. It's their lives. They should be able to manage their lives as they wish. Our job, we believe—the government's role—is to enable Australians to do their best. We've just heard from this slimy, insinuating, patronising Leader of the Opposition that they believe that 60-year-old workers should stay in their place. That's what those opposite believe. They don't believe 60 is the new 40; they believe 60 is frozen in time. It's very significant that he referred to a 60-year-old because the insinuation there was: 'That's it. You can't do anything else. You can't earn anything more.'

Let me tell you, I've been 60 and I know—I'm over 60—60-year-olds have got plenty of energy and plenty of ambition. There's a lot of them, and they're going to come after you at the next election.

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