Tag: Ageism

The Council of Elders will formalize older Australians’ voices in aged care reform. Policymakers must be guided by the voices of lived experience. You can’t fix aged care without people in the room who have received it, and who know exactly what’s working and what isn’t.

COTA Australia says the WHO Global report on Ageism released today, which highlights the prevalence of ageism globally and makes key recommendations for how to combat it, is as relevant in Australia as it is anywhere else in the world.

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.

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.

COTA Australia in collaboration with the EveryAGE Counts Campaign will bring together older Australians, academics, regulators and public policy makers to explore the intersection between ageism and public policy in Australia, together we will identify a future vision for an Australia without ageism

Leading seniors’ advocacy body, COTA Australia, is urging all parliamentarians to sign the pledge against ageism at a cross-party morning tea being held at Parliament House this morning.

Government survey findings showing almost a third of Australian employers break the law by setting an age limit for job applicants demonstrates how much effort is still required to fight ageism in the workforce.

The 2018 Budget includes important measures to fight ageism in the workforce, tap into the experience of older Australians and provide financial flexibility in retirement, Australia’s leading seniors’ advocacy organisation, COTA Australia said today.

National Willing to Work Inquiry Into Employment Discrimination

The release of wide ranging reforms in mental health by the government today provide a welcome shift to a more person-centered, streamlined and localised approach but still fail to address to quite systemic neglect of the unique issues faced by older Australians, including depression and suicide