While the 2020–2021 budget offers some benefits, there’s still a lot that needs to be done to uphold the rights of older Australians. In the last edition of COTA Connects, we told you about some of the hot ticket items COTA had asked to be included in this year’s budget. Our key priority areas were: pension and income support future retirement income policy aged […]
Each year, COTA Australia provides a pre-budget submission to Treasury, making recommendations about measures that should be included in the next federal budget to better support older people. COTA Australia’s 2020–2021 pre-budget submission was submitted to Treasury back in January. Typically, the budget is handed down in May, so in normal circumstances, this would have
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
