superannuation Archives - COTA Victoria

MEDIA RELEASE: Older Australians prioritise aged care, but the major parties don’t!

13 May 2019

Health, pensions also election priorities but seniors will also cast votes for climate change action, economic management, quality education and fair taxation.

Digital Inclusion, Employment Discrimination, Federal Election, Federal Election 2019, health, Housing and Homelessness, Newstart, superannuation

Older Australians welcome stronger consumer rights and end to loopholes in financial services Royal Commission report

5 February 2019

COTA Australia has welcomed many recommendations of the Hayne Royal Commission on misconduct in the banking, superannuation and financial services industry.

consumer rights, COTA Australia, financial services, Royal Commission, superannuation

PC Super report highlights need for full retirement incomes review

10 January 2019

Today’s Productivity Commission inquiry final report into Australia’s superannuation system shows that Australia’s super system is not meeting the needs of a growing pool of retirees.

finance, retirement, superannuation

2016 Victorian Gender Equality Strategy

3 April 2016, COTA Submissions

COTA Victoria wishes to highlight the impact of gender inequality on older women and hopes to see the issues addressed in the Victorian Gender Equality Strategy.

carers, elder abuse, family violence, finance, financial services, gender equality, Listening Posts, older women, older workers, pay gap, poverty, superannuation, unpaid carers

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Victorian Gender Equality Strategy 2016 – Appendix

3 April 2016, COTA Submissions

A summary of the consultation results from COTA’s Gender Equality Listening Post are provided in this Appendix to the submission to the Victorian Gender Equality Strategy.

ageism, community education, Death of a Partner, family violence, finance, gender equality, housing, Listening Posts, lived experience, older women, older workers, pay gap, retirement housing, sexism, social inclusion, superannuation

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