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Rental assistance needs to be urgently increased to ensure that Australia’s retirees are not living in poverty, COTA Australia says. “Two in three retirees who rent live in poverty. That’s a shocking statistic that we can’t continue to ignore.

COTA Australia – the leading advocacy organisation for older people – Chief Executive Officer, Patricia Sparrow said that while Scamwatch data released today shows a very welcome significant overall drop in Australians’ scam losses of over 33 per cent, too many older people are still falling victim.

COTA Australia – the leading advocacy organisation for older people - Chief Executive Officer, Patricia Sparrow said the Federal Government’s announcement today of a raft of new health investments, which now has multi-partisan support, is a welcome commitment to improving the health and wellbeing of

The introduction of mandatory and enforceable service standards for superannuation funds will help improve the quality of service people are getting from the moment they open a super account right through to their retirement phase, COTA Australia says.

COTA Australia – the leading advocacy organisation for older people – Chief Executive Officer, Patricia Sparrow said the contribution Brother Thomas Oliver Pickett, who co-founded Wheelchairs For Kids in 1996, has made to Australia cannot be underestimated.

Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, the leading advocacy organisation for older people, welcomes today's $440M investment into the Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) to support in-home aged care, but urge the Government to do more for the tens of thousands who still need support.