The Hon Mark Butler MP delivered a public lecture addressing the issue of Australia's ageing population.
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing delivered his address, titled A post-Hobbesian Australia: the implications of living longer for Australian society as part of the School Perspectives on Health public lecture series.
The lecture was held on 13 April 2011 at the Medical Science 1 building in Hobart.
Butler's presentation focussed on the issue of Australia's ageing population, and the challenges and opportunities posed by this seismic economic, social and political shift.
Full transcript of the lecture (PDF 44.5 KB).
The School is grateful to the Minister for his presentation on this emerging critical issue for Australian Health and Society.
Pictured: Andrew Robinson (Professor of Aged Care Nursing), James Vickers (Head of School of Medicine), Mark Butler (Minister for Mental Health and Ageing), and Paddy Nixon (Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research).