Lucy Wicks (Robertson, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I amproud to raise the important work that MAX Employment is doing to help mature aged workers seek and find meaningful employment in my electorate of Robertson. MAX Employment is an employment service provider on the Central Coast. As part of their work to support older workers in our community, they are hosting a meaningful mature aged seminar on Tuesday, 16 September, at the Gosford RSL Club from 1 pm to 5 pm. It is targeted at Central Coast job seekers aged 50 years and over to help them find work that is meaningful for them, to help them use their current skills and experience and to learn new skills an perspectives. Mature age workers in my electorate of Robertson have so much to offer from their life experience and wisdom. That is why I am proud of this government's commitment to enabling more opportunities for mature aged workers throughout Australia.

Employment training and recruitment group ET Australia will also be at this event. My congratulations go to MAX Employment Gosford business manager Jodie Sainsbury, to Employment Training Australia Corporate and Public Affairs Manager Petrina Waddell and especially to Kay Ryan who, as a 71-year-young full-time employee of MAX Employment, is an outstanding example of the skills, experience and contributions that mature age workers bring and make to the workplace. It will be a great chance to discuss the government's Restart Program, where a new wage subsidy of up to $10,000 is available to employers willing to hire job seekers aged 50 or older.