Older Australians are healthier than ever, but this hasn’t changed the way we talk or think about over-70s (opens in new tab)

My latest in The Guardian A couple of weeks ago, just before my 70th birthday, I completed the Mooloolaba standard distance triathlon (1,500m swim, 40km cycle, 10km run). There was nothing exceptional about my performance, placing 1,509 out of 1,730 overall and 14th out of 18 in my 65-69 age category. But not that long […]