An advisor to Ros Kelly advanced the statistic, and with my understanding of such things I dismissed it as a 'try-on'. Canberra might have the most rapidly ageing population in the country but off a very low base. All around me (in the early eighties) I saw young people.
But I come back, 22 years later, and see OLD PEOPLE, everywhere - in their front yards and in coffee shops. It has happened, and it has happened very quickly.
And these old people are a breed apart - very switched on, many of them formally very senior public servants in policy areas. They are a resource, and Canberra is incredibly intellectually rich because of them, and an even better place to be in as well.
Oh the stories they could tell if you spent 3 hours with each and a tape recorder...
