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COTA Australia commends the delivery of stimulus measures designed to incentivise employment. COTA Australia does wish to express a number of concerns. No older workers should be displaced due to JobMaker.  Wait times and the rate of JobMaker eligibility should be reconsidered.

Federal Budget 2018-19 Pre-Budget Positioning Statement

Our CE, Ian Yates, spoke with Julie MacKenzie at the Quality in Aged Care Criterion Conferences in Sydney about Elder Abuse.

A joint submission by 13 national organisations working with older people and carers, in response to the Australian Government's consultation raised in the A New Aged Care Act: the foundations, Consultation Paper No.1.

COTA Australia welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement which will provide $2 million in extra funding support for the Older Persons Advocacy Network (OPAN) to continue tackling elder abuse in aged care and the community over the next two years.

National Willing to Work Inquiry Into Employment Discrimination