Fix Private Health Insurance for Older Australians – Add your voice and SIGN PETITION HERE
On World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, COTA Australia is calling for greater national coordination and support for services and programs that seek to protect at-risk older people and promote prevention of elder abuse.
Pensioners and seniors across Australia are growing increasingly alarmed by the Government’s surprise
and haphazard announcements in response to the challenges and opportunities of an ageing
population, says Australia’s leading seniors advocacy peak, COTA Australia.
Australia’s peak seniors advocate, COTA Australia, today congratulated Fred Chaney AO on his selection as Senior Australian of the Year for his lifelong commitment to reconciliation and human rights.
Better planning is urgently required if Australia is to embrace the opportunities and meet the challenges of Australia’s ageing population said leading seniors advocate COTA Australia responding to a new Productivity Commission report released today.
Peak seniors advocate group, COTA Australia, fears the Federal government’s abolition of a key ageing advisory body will hinder efforts to have the priorities and opinions of older people considered in government policy making.
Australia’s five and a half million older citizens want a future free from discrimination; to be able to participate fully in Australian society; and to have access to quality and affordable services when they need them, said leading seniors advocate COTA Australia on the eve of the International Da
Senior Australians, almost 50% of the voting public, have been let down by the major parties this election according to the Seniors Election Scorecard released today by peak seniors advocate, COTA Australia.
Older Australians Demand New Deal from Australia’s Political Leaders
World Elder Abuse Awareness Day highlights urgent need for national approach to assist seniors at risk
Older Australians and economy would benefit from end to workplace age discrimination
Age discrimination laws ineffective and need changing now