99 year old War Veteran reflects ahead of Anzac Day: “I joined up as a boy and came back a man”.

Older people are waiting more than two years to receive dental work through Victoria’s public dental health system. The waiting time for dentures as of 30 June 2018 was nearly 18 months, according to the Victorian Department of Health website. And wait times are growing – a year ago the waiting list for dentures was... Read More

Promised changes in tax policy would suggest that the government was planning to axe payouts to non-tax paying investors. This means there would be an end to cash handouts to share investors. However, Bill Shorten announced yesterday that more than 300,000 pensioners will be exempt from this change. Under the “pensioner guarantee”, all older Australians... Read More

COTA Australia Media Release On the one year anniversary of the Tune Review Report into aged care being handed to government, COTA Australia, the leading advocacy organisation for older Australian, is calling for the government to set out a clear timetable by the end of this year for when and how remaining recommendations of the... Read More