COTA Australia strongly supports the principle of non-discrimination and specifically supports the legislative package’s intention to remove any discrimination on the basis of religion
COTA supports the majority of the recommendations but disagrees with some key proposals, especially those that would give more power to aged care providers rather than consumers.
Submission in response to discussion paper from 'Inquiry into the Responsiveness of Australian Government Services to Australia's Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Population'
(February 2012)
Federation of Ethnic Community Councils Australia
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
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.
COTA Australia welcomes the opportunity to provide input into the Retirement Income Review. The Review will consider both the three pillars of our retirement incomes system (the age pension, compulsory superannuation and private savings), and their interactions.