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Older people are progressively being given the right to choose what sort of aged care they receive and how they receive it, with over 70,000 home care package moving to a new system of Consumer Directed Care in less than nine months. 

The Council on the Ageing is calling on today's Coalition Party Room meeting to resoundingly reject pressure from some backbenchers to water down the Government's superannuation reforms.

The release of the Intergenerational Report today confirms the government's continued intention to cut the age pension, highlights the need for more focus on combatting age discrimination and having a more dynamic workforce participation policy, and reaffirms the need for a comprehensive retirement

In deciding how they will vote on 2 July, health care and the economy will be the key drivers for older Australians, according to a national survey by Australia's leading seniors advocate, COTA Australia.