Bob Day (SA, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senators Lazarus, Leyonhjelm and Wang, move:

That the Senate—

(a) recognises the untapped potential of Australians over the age of 65;

(b) notes that Australia ranks 13th in the Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development [OECD] for workforce participation of people aged over 65;

(c) acknowledges that raising mature age workforce participation will add tens of billions of dollars to Australia's gross domestic product; and

(d) in the national interest, calls on the Government to remove the barriers and obstacles to the workforce participation of older Australians.

I seek leave to make a short statement.