Boomers are sick of being told the best thing we can do for the country is die

June 21, 2026 — 5:00am

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The generational war continues to simmer in Australia but only one side is fighting. So where are the Boomers?

Has everybody over 62 capitulated?

Baby Boomers, born 1946-64, need to mobilise. And if you look at the byline photo accompanying this column, you don’t need a PhD to know it’s not written by a Millennial.

So there’s vested interest. But this is prompted by a sense of fairness, a dislike of vitriolic abuse, and a belief that a significant resource is being wasted.

We’ll come back to that. But Boomers need to be heard. Their political power has gone, so the only option is to lobby hard and loud.

Boomers need either to win government support with logic – a rare achievement – or convince the broader population they are being badly treated – a huge task.

Governments respond to pressure, and there’s not enough pressure being exerted.

A Boomer Army is needed, not marching in the streets – dodgy knees wouldn’t allow that – but to claim a serious seat at the table and a positive presence in the public mind.

What Millennial has ever heard of the Council of the Ageing, or National Seniors Australia? The names probably conjure images of wheelchairs and incontinence pads in young minds rather than serious consideration of their arguments.

Boomers need an image makeover. They need smart marketing for their arguments, and they need to reclaim the word “Boomer”. It’s become a term of elder........

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