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MEDIA RELEASE: MYEFO confirms aged care commitments but structural aged care reforms must continue in next Budget

16 December 2019
Today’s MYEFO statement will facilitate current aged care reforms while the Aged Care Royal Commission continues its work, but major structural reform is needed to fix the aged care system so it works properly.
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MEDIA RELEASE: Rental market leaves pensioners out in the cold in new affordability report, as COTA demands urgent action on housing

27 November 2019
The 2019 Rental Affordability Index (RAI) reveals an untenable situation for older Australian renters, prompting COTA Australia to call for an increase in Rent Assistance and an end to political stalling on greater investment in social housing.
Age Discrimination, Aged Pensioners, Ageism, Commonwealth Rental Assistance, Fixed Income, homelessness, Housing, Ian Yates, newstart, older Australian renters, pensioner couples, RAI, rent, Rent assistance, rent stress, Rental Affordability Index, renters, Renting, retirement, single pensioners, social housing
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MEDIA RELEASE: New $537 million aged care package a strong down payment towards improved aged care

25 November 2019
The Federal Government’s response to the Interim Report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care, including a funding injection of $537 million, has been applauded by COTA Australia as an important step forward, but a plan to urgently reduce home care waiting times is still missing from the equation.
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MEDIA RELEASE: COTA welcomes long term approach to planning for older population and support for older Australians who choose to work

19 November 2019
Australia’s peak consumer body for older Australians today welcomed the Treasurer’s call for for a comprehensive policy approach to planning for an older population.
Age Discrimination, Ageism, Employees, employers, living longer, mature age employment, Mature Age Workforce, More Choices for a Longer Life, More Choices for a Longer Life package, planning for an older population, Treasurer, Workforce
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MEDIA RELEASE: Aged Care Royal Commission Interim Report provides Government the mandate to commence transformation by December MYEFO

31 October 2019
Australia’s peak body of older Australians, Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, today congratulated the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety on its “Interim Report: Neglect”, which has recognised not only the neglect of older people within the aged care system, but also the neglect
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MEDIA RELEASE: COTA welcomes Retirement Incomes Review, which promises a holistic approach to create a fairer, better sustainable system

27 September 2019
COTA Australia has welcomed the announcement of an independent Retirement Incomes Review, which promises a thorough examination of the current policy framework in terms of the outcomes it produces for all retirees and the long-term sustainability of the system.
Ian Yates, incomes, Productivity Commission, Retirement Incomes Review, Superannuation
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