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Alleged writer and Crikey politics editor. These days mainly here for the greyhounds.

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crikey.com.au
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    Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane Sep 4

    Bernard Keane Retweeted Stephen Jones MP

    But this is the point: Australia no longer has an economy where most people work in manufacturing, construction or agriculture. We're now a service economy. Most of us work in offices, shops, hospitals or classrooms. And we're among the longest lived people in the world.https://twitter.com/StephenJonesMP/status/1037115337043410944 …

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    Stephen Jones MPVerified account @StephenJonesMP
    The Government have been slow to catch on. We’ve been campaigning against this since 2014. pic.twitter.com/chmNbfjFH2
    4:16 PM - 4 Sep 2018
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    26 replies 17 retweets 53 likes
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      2. Simon Cowan‏ @SimonJCowan Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Since the pension was introduced, male life expectancy at birth has increased by nearly 25 years and male life expectancy at 65 has increased by nearly 8 years (both are still rising) while pension age has increased by just 2 years

        3 replies 5 retweets 6 likes
      3. pragmaticlefty real and #notabot‏ @roseannebyrne Sep 4
        Replying to @SimonJCowan @BernardKeane

        Life expectancy and reasonable health are not the same thing. There’s inadequate support for people who get ill or injured. I've supported my husband since he was 55, back injury, to find myself with a heart condition at 62 (now 64) I won’t work again.

        1 reply 1 retweet 10 likes
      4. Simon Cowan‏ @SimonJCowan Sep 4
        Replying to @roseannebyrne @BernardKeane

        With respect, and I fully understand that this is not the case for your family, the evidence suggests that these additional years are actually largely healthy ones on average.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. pragmaticlefty real and #notabot‏ @roseannebyrne Sep 4
        Replying to @SimonJCowan @BernardKeane

        And do you realise that people of my generation often started work at 14 and 15? To earn money for the family, not to indulge themselves? A full ten years before many go into full time work now? I did 46 years of full time work. What are you planning?

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Michael Nugent‏ @chockstout Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Problem is a lot of people still do work in those sectors, mightn’t be a majority but it’s still a lot of people. And if you think working in a hospital or a supermarket until you’re 70 is feasible then look around next time you’re at those places, not many people over 60.

        4 replies 4 retweets 8 likes
      3. pragmaticlefty real and #notabot‏ @roseannebyrne Sep 4
        Replying to @chockstout @BernardKeane

        Or in a school.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Bexdog -‏ @bexdog Sep 4
        Replying to @roseannebyrne @chockstout @BernardKeane

        Or in a warehouse Or on the road Or in construction I can go on These white collared dudes I enjoy following are disappointing me today. Head in the sand shit right here

        0 replies 1 retweet 1 like
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      1. Mortimer Bellend CQ‏ @dotarding Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Bernard built the house he lives in, the office he works in and the roads that take him there

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      2. Doug Melville‏ @Shahbahraz Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        And in Australia you're unemployable after 50, so good luck finding another 20 years of paid employment.

        1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
      3. David Bond‏ @bonddm64 Sep 5
        Replying to @Shahbahraz @BernardKeane

        Don’t I know it! 30+ years of continuous employment and I can’t even get an interview!

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Doug Melville‏ @Shahbahraz Sep 6
        Replying to @bonddm64 @BernardKeane

        Best of luck David. I am in Scotland and the attitudes seem very different to the older worker.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. pragmaticlefty real and #notabot‏ @roseannebyrne Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        It’s not just physical. Lots of work is really stressful, take teaching for example. Far too many leave broken. And if you are, no access to disability. Maybe look into who is not working over 60 and why. Always easy to say it’s fine when it’s not you.

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
      3. Cathy Thomson‏ @tassiedevil Sep 4
        Replying to @roseannebyrne @BernardKeane

        Jobs can take an emotional toll as well.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. pragmaticlefty real and #notabot‏ @roseannebyrne Sep 5
        Replying to @tassiedevil @BernardKeane

        I was a teacher. Don’t I know it. 😊

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Order No.227‏ @AnthonyCole68 Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        That's nice for you Bernard. Have you noticed people are still laying bricks though ?

        1 reply 1 retweet 9 likes
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      1. Lorraine Hyde‏ @HydecomLorraine Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane @MichaelPascoe01

        Ever worked in a hospital or a classroom Bernard?Both stressful jobs & it’s a well known fact that stress takes a huge toll on physical health as well as mental http://health.At  17 I was lifting 100k patients,no lifters in those days,back damage forced change of career!

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      1. Marie Coleman‏ @MarieCo92176893 Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        most is not all. some workers do experience physical stress

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      1. drew‏ @teh_drewski Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Any arbitrary retirement age is kinda silly. 70 is no different than 67 or 65 really. The whole philosophy of retirement needs a rethink.

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      1. Louise Crawford‏ @loumcrawford Sep 4
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        Yes but even working in retail or hospitality - as you get older your body can’t cope with standing all day.

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