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The Senate’s decision to block the Federal Government’s proposed cuts to the private health insurance rebate is a win for older Australians, COTA Australia says. Senators from across the chamber today backed a motion to remove the Bill from the Senate’s agenda.
Older people are considering cutting spending on food, healthcare, energy bills and other essentials to keep their private health insurance if proposed rebate changes go ahead, new COTA Australia survey findings reveal.
COTA Australia’s supplementary submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee strengthens our call not to proceed with removing the additional age-based private health insurance rebate.
The increase to Age Pension payments from 20 September will provide welcome relief for millions of older Australians struggling with continued cost-of-living pressures, COTA Australia says.
COTA Australia endorsed the joint consumer submission to the Insurance Council of Australia’s consultation on the Redrafted General Insurance Code of Practice, while highlighting issues of particular importance to older Australians in our own direct submission.
We support the rollout of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across Australia, but we have concerns about who will pay for it. Our submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission argues that the energy transition must be fair and affordable for all Australians, not just those who can afford an electric vehicle.
In the submission we raise some concern that the current media and policy debate on housing, risks intergenerational conflict rather than solidarity.
COTA Australia has welcomed the latest increase to the Age Pension, saying it will provide some relief for older Australians facing ongoing cost-of-living pressures.
The Federal Government’s announcement today that around 2.5 million Age Pensioners will see an increase to their pension payments from 20 March, will come as important relief at a time of continued cost-of-living pressure, COTA Australia says.
The stereotype of older Australians as uniformly wealthy is not just wrong – it’s fuelling ageism that hurts people of all ages, new research shows.
The 2025 State of the Older Nation report released today reveals that while many older Australians report feeling more positive about their own lives, the data reveals a starkly uneven reality.
COTA Australia made a submission to the Senate Select Committee examining the operation of the Capital Gains Tax (CGT) discount, focusing on the impact of proposed reforms on retirement income security and housing outcomes for older Australians.
On 23 December COTA Australia and the Energy Advocates provided feedback to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER) to inform its review of the Retail guidelines (currently four enforceable AER guidelines) and the merging of these into a single, easy-to-use document.