Thank you for the opportunity to provide a brief comment on the Exposure Draft – Treasury Laws Amendment (Reducing Pressure on Housing Affordability) Bill 2017. COTA will address only the provisions relating to the downsizing measure.
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.
June 2017 - COTA Australia welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Treasury consultation on Development of the Framework for Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement (CIPRs).
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.
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.