February 2017 - COTA continues its call for current and future governments to take a long-term, strategic, integrated policy approach to population ageing, and a fair, equitable and productive policy approach towards current and future cohorts of older Australians.
COTA have been strongly advocating for some time for the introduction of a Retirement Income Covenant in the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 and believe this is a first and very important step toward a more critical focus on retirement income within our superannuation system.
March 2017 - COTA Australia welcomes the opportunity to make a brief contribution to this Senate Inquiry, given the essential role of the superannuation system in the economic wellbeing of current and future cohorts of older Australians.
COTA Australia provided brief comments on the Retirement Income Covenant Position Paper issued by Treasury and broadly supported the proposals in the Position Paper. In particular COTA Australia supports the two Covenant Principals and the eight Supporting Principles.