Submission in response to the discussion paper "Realising the Economic Potential of Senior Australians: Changing face of Society" by the Advisory Panel on Realising the Economic Potential of Senior Australians (November 2011)
COTA Australia provided brief comments to the Draft Rule Determination National Energy Retail Amendment (Advance Notice Of Price Changes) Rule 2018, Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), 5 June 2018.
We welcomed the proposed Consumer Vulnerability Strategy as a genuine attempt by the AER to improve energy affordability and reduce the barriers that restrict energy customers’ engagement in the market, especially those facing payment hardship.
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.