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Older Australians will welcome confirmation that the Federal government has dropped unfair changes to pension indexation and given them more choice and control in how they receive aged care at home. Other budget measures will be received with less enthusiasm including changes to employment incentive
Confirmation today that the Federal government is dropping plans to change pension indexation will be of great relief to millions of Australian pensioners, says the peak body for older Australians, COTA Australia.
Leading seniors advocate, COTA Australia, today joined Anglicare in calling for a national plan for affordable housing, with the latest housing snapshot showing just 3.4% of rental properties nation-wide were affordable for people on an aged pension.
The changing demographics of the Australian population requires urgent attention in the coming Federal budget including a major review of the entire retirement incomes space, says a position paper released today by leading seniors advocate COTA Australia.
Age discrimination is insidious in Australian workplaces and needs to be immediately addressed said leading seniors advocate COTA Australia today following Treasurer Joe Hockey’s launch of the National Prevalence Survey of age discrimination in the workplace, commissioned by The Age Discrimination C
Leading seniors advocates COTA Australia said the fresh debate on superannuation, taxation, the seniors supplement and the age pension point to the need for a comprehensive review of Australia’s retirement income system.
Older Australians will welcome a discussion about Australia’s taxation system which feeds into an independent retirement incomes review to ensure an equitable, sustainable and stable tax and income security system for all retirees.
Comments on the age pension made by Minister for Social Services, Scott Morrison, in an interview with Sky News Australian Agenda this morning, have been welcomed by Australia’s peak body for all older Australians.
Leading seniors advocate COTA Australia has today welcomed the Federal Government’s increasing of the time that bank accounts can be inactive from three years to seven years.
The suggestion that reduced pension indexation be compensated for by an independent review of pensions every three years is an encouraging sign that the Federal government is finally prepared to negotiate on its unfair proposal to change pension indexation, said leading seniors advocate COTA Aust
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
Leading seniors advocacy body COTA Australia today welcomed the announcement by Minister Fifield of the establishment of the Aged Care Quality Advisory Council to ensure the government gets advice from a range of expert voices in the provision of quality services to people in aged care.