MEDIA RELEASE 5 December 2018 The Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria is today calling for more actions to reduce the cost of living pressures for older Victorians in response to a new landmark national report launched today in Canberra. The State of the (Older) Nation 2018 Report is the most comprehensive national study ever undertaken […]
We welcome Consumer Affairs Victoria’s (CAV) interest in improving internal dispute resolution processes in retirement villages, and believe that the reforms suggested will likely result in some improvement. However, we maintain that a root-and-branch review of retirement village regulation is needed. Without significant reform of retirement village regulation, as recommended by the Parliamentary Inquiry into
Gender inequality has an impact on the lives of all Australians. For older Victorians, and more specifically older women, the impacts of structural and cultural bias experienced across the life course can be far-reaching and numerous. COTA argues that implementation of the strategy will only be meaningful and bring real change if government departments and business
