Tasmanian Jacqueline Bradley has worked all her life but found herself unemployed at 61. She's applied for dozens of suitable jobs but says the constant rejection makes it difficult to keep going. A national skills report has found older people tended to be unemployed for twice as long as younger job seekers.

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