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As the world marks the International Day of Older Persons, this year’s UN theme of Rethinking Systems for Longer Lives highlights the need for a long term, whole-of-government plan for …
COTA Australia Chief Executive Officer Patricia Sparrow said the upcoming Federal Budget must resist the temptation to frame fairness as a choice between younger and older Australians.
COTA Australia’s submission argues that a new international human rights instrument for older people must name ageism as a root cause of the discrimination older people face, take an approach that recognises how disadvantage compounds over a lifetime, and place clear obligations on governments to act,.
Why COTA Australia’s evidence based State of the Older Nation 2025 is essential for business. SOTON 2025 is an authoritative, nationally representative study of Australians aged 50 and over and …
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.
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.
On Wed 4 Feb 2026, the State of the Older Nation 2025 report was released at an address by COTA Australia’s Independent Chair, The Hon. Christopher Pyne at the National Press Club and later the same day, at Parliament House, the Friends of Parliament launch presented SOTON25.
The first 3 SOTON research reports were conducted in 2018, 2021 and 2023. The next SOTON report will be released in 2025. The SOTON report is an indepth and broad snapshot of Australians over 50 regarding health, lifestyle, socio economics and opinions.
The first 3 waves of the State of the Older Nation reports – 2018, 2021 and 2023 are available on this page as PDF downloads. The link to the current 2025 State of the Older Nation can also be accessed here.