Ms Mary Murphy:

On the notion of "belonging" alongside EDI, that reminded me of Dr. Casey's point in his opening statement about disabled people not just being there to tell their personal stories but to provide more general contributions as full members of society, which we would equally say about older persons. It is the same for older persons; if you only ever see them on the news talking about the pension or the fuel allowance and not just talking about them as full people who have thoughts and things to contribute on sports, culture, nature and everything else, that is another barrier. It leads into the other element of the question, which was about unpaid internships and goes into the general issue of quality of work in the media sector. As Ms Clarke said, at the root of many issues in the portrayal of communities by the media is often a lack of familiarity. It is not any ill intent or a big conspiracy. It is just an oversight. A way to overcome that would be if the people making up the media sector were representative of the people who make up society. Any effort to improve how the media looks at marginalised and disenfranchised communities in our society will require ensuring that they are able to offer good-quality work, including for older workers. More and more people are going to be working for longer periods of time. Older persons are a growing sector of the workforce. That will involve age-positive workplaces in the media sector.