submissions Archives

Ensuring energy contracts are clear and fair

9 January 2020, COTA Submissions

Consumer Action Law Centre and COTA Victoria commented on the Essential Services Commission (ESC) Ensuring energy contracts are clear and fair, Issues paper (Issues paper).

consumer rights, energy, energy contracts, Energy Rights for Victorians, submissions, Victorian Default Offer

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Older Victorians speak up about aged care

15 July 2019

As the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety continues, COTA Victoria has heard from older people across the state about the problems with aged care - and how to fix them.

aged care, aged care system, Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, submissions

Merle shares insights from the inside with Royal Commission into Aged Care

13 May 2019

COTA Victoria’s staunch aged care advocate Merle Mitchell appeared as a witness at the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, which started hearings in Sydney last week.

advocate, aged care, aged care system, Merle Mitchell, Royal Commission, Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety, submissions

Supporting older people to tell their story on aged care

13 May 2019

COTA Victoria’s information sessions are demystifying the process of making a submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

aged care, information, Royal Commission, Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety, submissions, Workshops and events

Have your say on supporting the mental health and wellbeing of older Victorians

13 May 2019

We want our submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System to be informed by the experiences of older Victorians, so we are holding three teleconference consultations to hear your ideas.

barriers to access, consultations, health, loneliness, mental health, Royal Commission into Mental Health, social isolation, submissions, wellbeing

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety update

18 April 2019

Feedback from sessions organised by COTA Victoria suggest that older Victorians are feeling positive about the opportunity to participate in the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

aged care, aged care system, Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety, submissions, Workshops and events

COTA Victoria supports older people to share aged care stories

22 March 2019

COTA Victoria (COTA) is keen to ensure that all older Victorians are able to have their say to the Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety through a number of community information sessions.

information session, Ronda Held, Royal Commission, Royal Commission on Aged Care Quality and Safety, submissions

Bipartisan Independent Review of the Electricity and Gas Retail Markets in Victoria

1 June 2018, COTA Submissions

The Brotherhood of St Laurence, Consumer Action, Council of the Ageing (COTA), Financial and Consumer Rights Council (FCRC) and Jesuit Social Services welcome the Government’s Interim response to the Independent Review.

consumer rights, energy, gas and electricity, submissions

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Residential Tenancies Act 1997 Review Options Paper

3 February 2017, COTA Submissions

COTA supports strengthening regulations to enable tenants to be treated fairly and improved provisions for the protection and security of tenants’ rights to live in appropriate homes with minimum standards.

accessibility, accomodation, affordable housing, consumer rights, dispute resolution, housing rights, rental property, residential tenancies, submissions

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Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill submission

29 January 2017, COTA Submissions

COTA Victoria welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the development of a compassionate, transparent and accountable legislative framework for Voluntary Assisted Dying.

death, dying with dignity, end of life care, palliative care, parliamentary inquiry, submissions, voluntary assisted dying

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