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COTA Australia media releases 2020

Older Australians locked out of the workforce rely on Covid-19 JobSeeker supplement 25 November 2020
Council on the Ageing welcomes release of the Final Report of the Retirement Income Review as an objective foundation for reform 20 November 2020
Council on the Ageing expresses deep concern at politicisation of Retirement Incomes review - Informed and mature public discussion needed 2 September 2020
Call for stimulus payment for pensioners after indexation goes backwards 19 August 2020
Aged care providers with COVID-19 cases, and the Department, must be open and transparent to ensure public confidence in the sector. 6 August 2020
JobKeeper and JobSeeker announcement welcomed, but reintroduction of the Liquid Assets Waiting Period must be dropped, and Rent Assistance raised 21 July 2020

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

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