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The release of another report today about how Australians can best manage the challenges of funding their retirement again reinforces the need for an urgent, coordinated comprehensive review of retirement policy, said leading seniors advocates COTA Australia.
The report from the Coalition majority in the Senate Committee looking into the impact of changes to the age pension (and other measures) announced in the May Budget has recommended pressing on with the changes, despite overwhelming evidence to the Committee that they are unfair and unnecessary.
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.
A blueprint released at the National Press Club today detailing policy options for an ageing Australia again shows the need for the Federal Government to take proposed changes to the pension off the table and commit to a better plan for the changing demographics of the nation.
The latest report in Per Capita’s Longevity and Positive Ageing project released today backs up calls for the Federal Government to convene a comprehensive Retirement Incomes Review.
Leading seniors advocate COTA Australia today launched a campaign against proposed changes to the age pension.
Exempting Australian concession card holders from the GP co-payment as suggested by the AMA will still leave many older Australians out of pocket and reluctant to seek the health care they need, said leading seniors advocate COTA Australia today.
Older Australians are likely to delay filling their prescriptions, reduce their dosages or share medications if the Federal Government increases the PBS co-payment, said leading seniors advocate COTA Australia today.
COTA Australia, the peak group for older Australians, is deeply concerned by the recent announcement that Age Discrimination Commissioner ‘s role will now be part-time because Susan Ryan also becomes the Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Many older Australians will be left vulnerable to poor or conflicted financial advice with the wind back of the Future of Financial Advice reforms said COTA Australia, the peak group for older Australians, today.
Older Australians are calling on all Federal Senators to uphold protections for consumers by voting
today to disallow regulations which remove important consumer safeguards from financial advice,
says leading seniors advocate COTA Australia.
COTA Australia still fears for the future of an independent, professional financial advice industry in Australia after the Federal Government indicated it will proceed with most of its legislation to water down consumer protections provided by the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation passed