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Submission to Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 Inquiry

22 August 2017, COTA Submissions
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

Brief Comment On The Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending Carbon Tax Compensation) Bill 2017

14 July 2017, COTA Submissions
July 2017 - COTA opposes the Bill, just as we opposed the 2016 Budget Measure, because removing access to the very modest Energy Supplement for new income support recipients and pensioners will impact negatively and inequitably on those least able to bear it, including older people.