COTA Australia media releases

COTA Australia media releases 2019

• Older Australians in desperate need of care don’t count in either Leader’s vision for Australia’s future, or even the present, while they die waiting.  19 May 2019

COTA Australia media releases 2016

1. Celebrate International Day of Older Persons by “rejecting ageism, and embracing your ageing in order to live longer and better” COTA Australia Media Release (04-Oct-2016)
2. Prime Minister must follow through on super reform COTA Australia Document COTA Australia Media Release (29-Aug-2016) (30-Aug-2016)
3. Integrity at stake if Coalition party room doesn’t stick to super reforms COTA Australia Media Release (18-Jul-2016)
4. Greens ageing policy will improve lives of older Australians COTA Australia Media Release (22-Jun-2016)
5. Appointment of full time Age Discrimination Commissioner welcomed by older Australians COTA Australia Media Release (06-May-2016)
6. BUDGET 2016: some great news, some missed opportunities, some concerns COTA Australia Media Release (04-May-2016)
7. BUDGET 2016: superannuation reform package welcomed COTA Australia Media Release (04-May-2016)
8. COTA welcomes Senate report on superannuation gender gap COTA Australia Media Release (04-May-2016)
9. Addressing housing stress should be a priority election issue COTA Australia Media Release (21-Apr-2016)
10. COTA Australia welcomes Labor’s commitment to planning for a positive and inclusive ageing Australia COTA Australia Media Release COTA Australia Media Release (17-Mar-2016)

COTA Australia media releases 2015

1. Make housing options viable and flexible for older Australians COTA Australia Media Release COTA Australia Media Release (01-Dec-2015)
2. Wellbeing of older Australians now ranked 17th in the world COTA Australia Document COTA Australia Media Release (9-Sep-2015) (10-Sep-2015)
3. Pension Indexation Safe - Proposed New Pension Changes On A Much Better Path - But Full Retirement Incomes Review Still Essential COTA Australia Media Release (07-May-2015)
4. Australia ranked 61st in the world on retirement incomes COTA Australia Media Release (06-May-2015)
5. Older Australians need national plan to address chronic housing stress COTA Australia Media Release (30-Apr-2015)
6. Intergenerational report heralds the ‘age of the senior’ COTA Australia Media Release (05-Mar-2015)
7. Support for people with severe dementia related behaviour in aged care welcomed COTA Australia Media Release (04-Feb-2015)
8. 2015-05-29_COTA A_Policy Alert_response to budget COTA Australia Document (29-May-2015)

COTA Australia media releases 2014

1. Senate Inquiry recommends greater help for grandparents shouldering responsibility for primary care of grandchildren COTA Australia Media Release (30-Oct-2014)
2. Older Australians call on Senate to protect the pension COTA Australia Media Release (23-Sep-2014)
3. COTA calls for blueprint for ageing Australia COTA Australia Media Release (03-Sep-2014)
4. Older Australians launch campaign to protect the pension COTA Australia Media Release (21-Aug-2014)
5. Seniors health to worsen under PBS co-­‐payment COTA Australia Media Release (19-Aug-2014)
6. COTA Australia’s National Policy Forum at the National Press Club in Canberra today, on the theme ‘Making an Australia for all ages -­ What’s the plan?’ COTA Australia Media Release (22-Jul-2014)
7. COTA Australia responds to announcement that Discrimination Commissioners to be employed in part-time capacity COTA Australia Media Release (21-Jul-2014)
8. Older Australians left vulnerable to conflicted financial advice COTA Australia Media Release (15-Jul-2014)
9. Older Australians call on Senate to vote down financial advice regulations that wind back consumer protections COTA Australia Media Release (14-Jul-2014)
10. Wind-back of FoFA protections still threatens future of financial advice industry and older Australian’s assets and incomes COTA Australia Media Release (20-Jun-2014)
11. Removing ban on commissions for financial advice bad for older Australians COTA Australia Media Release (22-May-2014)
12. COTA Response to Budget 2014 COTA Australia Media Release (15-May-2014)
13. World Elder Abuse Awareness Day highlights urgent need for national support for prevention of abuse COTA Australia Media Release (15-May-2014)
14. Budget 2014: Older Australians will be worse off COTA Australia Media Release (13-May-2014)
15. Budget 2014: Pensioners in the Firing Line COTA Australia Media Release (13-May-2014)
16. Response to the National Commission of Audit COTA Australia Media Release (08-May-2014)
17. Poll: 7 in 10 Australians oppose increase to pension age COTA Australia Media Release (24-Apr-2014)