Q&A October 2024

ROBERT FITZGERALD AM, the Age Discrimination Commissioner, spoke on “An Ageing Australia. Challenging church, society and all generations to a new future” and then responded to questions and comments. Undoubtedly Australia is an aging society, what response should society and in particular the churches make to this?

Many aspects of the situation were addressed, and Robert’s talk is available here.

Four “take away” items were;

     – people with ageist views can have their mindset changed,

      – get expert financial advice before making big financial decisions,

      – you have a right to be listened to about where you will live and what medical treatment you accept, 

      – given the importance of social connections to maintaining a healthy happy life, perhaps we as church members could provide this for lonely people in our local area.