Royal Commission Archives

Older people speak up on Aged Care Royal Commission

17 May 2021

While the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has concluded, the work of improving Australia’s aged care system is only just beginning. The clear message from older people is that they expect to continue to be involved in the conversation for a better aged care system.

Aged Care Royal Commission

Older Australians to benefit from Budget’s employment and super reforms; consultation needed on support payments, retirement income

12 May 2021

Older Australians will benefit from several measures in the Federal Budget aimed at increasing workforce participation and fixing retirement incomes, Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia says, but support for vulnerable groups like renters is still missing and long-term solutions are needed.

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Council on the Ageing welcomes biggest investment in aged care in a generation

12 May 2021

Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia tonight welcomed the very substantial package of measures in tonight’s Federal Budget that will fire the starting gun on a substantial overhaul of the aged care system over the next five years, supported by additional expenditure of $17.7 Billion over four year

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COTA Victoria’s Aged Care Advocacy Tool Kit

14 April 2021

COTA Victoria encourages everyone to continue the conversation for a better aged care system. We need to speak up and out loud and demand the Government to swiftly act upon the Royal Commission's recommendations and ensure Australia's aged care system is fixed once and for all!

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Royal Commission recommendations supports calls for assistive technology for all

15 March 2021

Led by COTA Victoria, the Assistive Technology For All Alliance has been advocating for improved access to assistive technology for the many older people with disability who are excluded from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

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Will Australia’s aged care system be fixed?

15 March 2021

The long-awaited final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was released earlier this month, highlighting the crisis in aged care. The onus is now on the Morrison Government to address the systemic issues that can no longer be ignored.

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Final commission hearings raise hope for better aged care

23 November 2020

124 recommendations have been made to overhaul aged care services to better serve the interests of older Australians by promoting a system that provides care based on need.

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety

CEO’s message

15 September 2020

It’s not quite ‘welcome back Victoria’, but we’re getting there. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

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COTA Victoria takes aged care redesign back to older Victorians

14 September 2020

As the long-running Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety continues to investigate failures in Australia’s aged care system, COTA Victoria recently returned to communities in Darebin and the Bellarine to talk through the proposed system redesigns

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Empowering older people to shape the debate on aged care

14 August 2020

On 8 October 2018, the Australian Government launched the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The Royal Commission was established in response to growing concerns about the quality of aged care in Australia.

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