Keep working to 70  Print Email  Australian Broadcasting
Corporation  Broadcast: 22/11/2013  Reporter: John Stewart  The
Productivity Commission has suggested that Australians should
work until they're 70 in order to help pay for the rising costs
of aged care.   STEVE CANNANE, PRESENTER: There are already
plans for the pension age to be pushed back to 67. Now the
Productivity Commission wants Australians to work until the age
of 70.  The Productivity Commission says that over the next 50
years Australia's ageing population will cause enormous
financial strain on the costs of health and aged care.  The
Commission has also suggested taking a slice of pensioners homes
to pay for their retirement.  John Stewart reports.  JOHN
STEWART, REPORTING: The idea of working until the age of 70
isn't everyone's favourite retirement plan.  WORKER: I believe
they are pushing people too far just for a little bit of cash
sort of thing. There's only so much a person can take and a body
can manage with.  JOHN STEWART: What do yo