I am in my mid-60s. When people suggest I retire, this is what I tell them

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I am in my mid-60s. When people suggest I retire, this is what I tell them

Kathy Lette Writer November 2, 2025 — 4.00am Advertisement This story is part of the November 2 edition of Sunday Life. See all 13 stories .

You could never accuse me of being shy and retiring. I tend to say what I’m thinking. So, when my accountant started talking to me about retiring I told him straight out that he was a few receipts short of an audit.

Author Kathy Lette during an address to the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra earlier this year. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen

Why is the world so obsessed with numbers? Every interview I do, the writer references my age. “ The author, 66, is riding a horse aged 18 past a tree age