This year's Intergenerational Report makes much of the need to control the economic impact of the ageing baby boomers. It is expected that by 2056 one in four people living in Australia will be over the age of 65 and 1.8 million of them will be over 85.
October 2017 - COTA Australia congratulates the Law Council of Australia for undertaking this important project into impediments facing disadvantaged Australians in access to justice. Although COTA does not specialise in legal matters, we are pleased to provide brief comments from our standpoint as
October 2017 - COTA Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide brief comments to the Senate Inquiry into the digital delivery of government services.
August 2017 - Submission on the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017, now before the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee. COTA Australia is addressing only the provisions relating to changes to the Activity Test for older jobseekers receiving Newstart Allowance
August 2017 - COTA Australia welcomes the opportunity to comment of the Department of Health Discussion Paper "Future Reform - an integrated care at home program to support older people".