Each year, International Day of Older Persons is celebrated on the first day of October. This year, 1 October has also been declared Ageism Awareness Day by Every Age Counts (EAC), a coalition of organisations seeking to address ageism in Australia. Compared to other forms of discrimination, ageism is not well known or understood. This […]
January has been a busy month in the policy space, with submissions to two Victorian inquiries and and on the Australian Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill 2019. Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria Our recent submission to the inquiry highlighted the steadily increasing number of older people who are homeless. For growing numbers of older people, safe
Download full submission as PDF COTA Australia welcomes the opportunity to respond to the second exposure draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019, Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 and the Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Freedom of Religion) Bill 2019 (the Bills). Collectively the Bills give effect to three recommendations of the Report of the
This paper provides an overview of ageism in Australia, examples (language, the media, elder abuse and workplace discrimination), advice on how to stop it and further resources.
Five generations are now living, learning, working and socialising together. In spite of negative views commonly expressed around ageing, older people make a significant and positive contribution to their families, their communities and the economy. COTA Victoria is part of a national federation ready to lead new visions of ageing fitting our diverse and growing
