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Employers need more than money to hire older workers

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imageBeyond being told or incentivised to hire older workers, employers need to feel they are making the right decision.Image sourced from Shutterstock.com

With Australia’s official retirement age heading to 70 by 2035, this year’s federal budget brings forward incentives designed to encourage companies to employ older workers.

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Iron ore miners should leave the market if they can't compete

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imageFortescue's Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest says BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto have flooded the market.AAP Image/Tony McDonough

Iron ore prices are plummeting, federal budget tax receipts are shrinking and Fortescue Metals Group chairman, Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest, reckons he knows who is to blame: BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto.

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