apr/02/ageing-and-the-mortality-alarm-i-started-panicking-about-future-me>; Madeleine Heffernan and Henrietta Cook,
‘Older drivers caused 145 deaths in five years, but debate still rages over annual medical tests’ The Sydney Morning Herald
(29 April 2024) <https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/older-drivers-caused-145-deaths-in-five-years-but-debate-stillrages-over-annual-medical-tests-20240313-p5fc1n.html> and Louisa Kamps, ‘How to care for yourself while you’re caring
for an ageing parent’ The Age (22 May 2024) <https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/how-to-care-foryourself-while-you-re-caring-for-an-ageing-parent-20240521-p5jfbo.html>.
28 ‘Insight: A pill to cure ageing’ SBS (20 August 2013) <https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/insight-a-pill-to-cure-ageing/
rli564ofk>; ‘Bryan goes to extreme lengths to stay young. Fighting ageing doesn’t have to be that hard’ SBS (8 June 2023)
<https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/bryan-goes-to-extreme-lengths-to-stay-young-fighting-ageing-doesnt-have-tobe-that-hard/2qoij8inc> and Yasmin Noone, ‘How to eat like an Amazonian and slow down ageing’ SBS Food (10 February
2023) <https://www.sbs.com.au/food/article/how-to-eat-like-an-amazonian-and-slow-down-ageing/atocalaj4>.
29 See for example: Amanda Loudin, ‘Curious about how well your body is ageing? Try the sit-to-stand test’ Sydney Morning
Herald (24 April 2024) <https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/curious-about-how-well-your-body-isageing-try-the-sit-to-stand-test-20240207-p5f31o.html> and Lydia Hales, ‘How to hold off the hands of time: the evidencebased guide to ageing well’ The Guardian (14 December 2023) <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/14/
how-to-hold-off-the-hands-of-time-the-evidence-based-guide-to-ageing-well>.
30 Jess McGuire, ‘Running 500km at 94’ ABC (6 May 2024) <https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/storystream/running500-km-at-94/103800032>.
31 See for example: Antoanela Safca, ‘How to look after your ageing parents when you live overseas’ SBS (6 September 2019)
<https://www.sbs.com.au/voices/article/how-to-look-after-your-ageing-parents-when-you-live-overseas/t5hpb29wd> and
Nell Geraets, ‘Parenting your parents? How to look out for ageing loved ones without an argument’ The Age (27 April 2024)
<https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/parenting-your-parents-how-to-look-out-for-ageing-loved-oneswithout-an-argument-20240422-p5flnx.html>.
32 ‘New AI Doll For The Elderly Combats Loneliness’ The Herald Sun (20 March 2024) <https://www.heraldsun.com.au/
entertainment/new-ai-doll-for-the-elderly-combats-loneliness/video/8ac9af5495c34c0841ce2c33986bf3c6> and Malcolm
Sutton and Amelia Moseley, ‘Volunteer primary school students developing social skills while tackling loneliness among the
elderly’ ABC (23 May 2024) <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-23/students-volunteering-with-elderly-developmentlearning-adelaide/103873276>.
33 See for example: ‘Elderly get taken to the ocean in amphibious wheelchairs’ The Herald Sun (22 January 2024)
<https://www.heraldsun.com.au/lifestyle/health/elderly-get-taken-to-the-ocean-in-amphibeous-wheelchairs/
video/8f1cca2d63872e0ed4155dacc4d19656>.
34 See for example: ‘Elderly woman forgets to step over the gap’ The Herald Sun (13 March 2024) <https://www.heraldsun.com.
au/news/world/elderly-woman-forgets-to-step-over-the-gap/video/fd131d803f538c7ede8cc321bb8eae12>.
35 See for example: ‘Furious postie unleashes on elderly driver’ The Herald Sun (18 December 2023) <https://www.heraldsun.
com.au/news/national/furious-postie-unleashes-on-elderly-driver/video/002cf6fbe2f53aa08d968684170734e7>; Rebecca
Peppiatt, ‘Cancer survivor bashed and robbed in Perth home recounts horror ordeal’ The Age (26 April 2024) <https://www.
theage.com.au/national/western-australia/cancer-survivor-bashed-and-robbed-in-perth-home-recounts-horror-ordeal20240426-p5fmu9.html> and ‘Elderly woman fears her attacker’ ABC (11 April 2024) <https://www.abc.net.au/news/202404-11/elderly-woman-fears-her-attacker/103692940>.
36 ‘In historic first, G20 weighs ageing as global risk’ SBS (9 June 2019) <https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/in-historic-firstg20-weighs-ageing-as-global-risk/9o7fe29s8>; Geraldine Doogue and Hamish Macdonald, ‘Let’s make babies: The coming
population crisis’ ABC (17 May 2024) <https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/global-roaming/chalmers-declining-birthrate-fertility-babies-population/103748494>; and Elizabeth Knight, ‘How to fix the ageing crisis? Follow Australia, says
world’s most influential investor’ The Age (27 March 2024) <https://www.theage.com.au/business/companies/how-to-fix-theageing-crisis-follow-australia-says-world-s-most-influential-investor-20240327-p5ffor.html>.
37 See for example: Christopher Knaus, ‘Cost of Australia’s aged care system to taxpayers could double, experts warn’ The
Guardian (17 June 2022) <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/17/cost-of-australias-aged-care-system-totaxpayers-could-double-experts-warn>.
38 See for example: Rachel Clun, ‘Spending the inheritance: Boomers splurge on dining, travel as young people cut back on
essentials’ Sydney Morning Herald (23 May 2024) <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/spending-the-inheritanceboomers-splurge-on-dining-travel-as-young-people-cut-back-on-essentials-20240522-p5jfpo.html>.
39 See for example: ‘Japan faces challenges amid fast ageing population’ ABC (21 September 2023) <https://www.abc.net.
au/news/2023-09-21/japan-faces-challenges-amid-fast-ageing-population/102882478> and ‘Old and poor: Thailand
sleepwalking towards an ageing crisis’ news.com.au (16 October 2023) <https://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/old-andpoor-thailand-sleepwalking-towards-an-ageing-crisis/news-story/d133bfd9ecfb17c408018890b538e6b0>.
40 Kirstin Contino, ‘Cher rocks ‘nude illusion’ catsuit on red carpet at 77’ news.com.au (15 May 2024) <https://www.news.com.
au/entertainment/celebrity-style/red-carpet/cher-rocks-nude-illusion-catsuit-on-red-carpet-at-77/news-story/5478271e9b64
9d0b7b04d185d52519e1>.
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