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On Monday 27 July there will be a test of Australia’s new emergency alert system AusAlert. You do not have to do anything with the test alert. It is just confirming you will receive the alert in times of life-threatening events.
On Wednesday 4 February at 6pm at Parliament House, Canberra, Co-Chairs of the Parliamentary Friends of Seniors and Ageing, Rebekha Sharkie MP, Dr Mike Freelander MP and Senator the Hon. Richard Colbeck, welcomed everyone to the Parliamentary Friends Group launch and introduced the State of the Older Nation 2025 report.
Sporadically, we receive reports of emails falsely claiming to be from COTA Australia. These scams may suggest you have won a prize or a free health monitoring kit and you …
On April 3, 2025 the United Nations Human Rights Council, supported by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights adopted a resolution to form a working group for older persons’ rights, the Open-Ended Working Group on Ageing.
In December 2024 the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) announced that their approximately 1 million ‘Complete Access’ customers would migrate to a ‘Smart Access’ account commencing 6 January 2025.
This is a summary of the changes achieved through the consultations on the Foundations for a new Aged Care Act (September 2023), the exposure draft (February 2024) and the new Aged Care Act introduced into Parliament.
COTA Australia will host a webinar by NAB’s Group Security team on Friday, August 30, 2024, at 12pm (AEST) to help you better protect yourself against the growing scourge of scams.
This video of older people receiving home care and residents of aged care discussing what it would feel like if a provider was upholding your rights, was played at the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s Conference in April 2024.
The Hon. Christopher Pyne has joined COTA Australia as our new independent Chair! Mr Pyne replaces outgoing independent chair, Jane Halton AO PSM. Mr Pyne, a former Federal Minister, including in health and ageing portfolios, has a long history of dedication to public welfare in his political life.
COTA Australia is collecting responses for the Senate Community Affairs References Committee (RC) into issues related to menopause and perimenopause and their affect on workforce participation.
We were thrilled – and a little humbled – by the enthusiastic response to our consultation forums on the future of aged care. Almost 4,000 people registered for joint COTA/OPAN events across Australia.
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