Marking International Day for Access to Information and Right To Know Week, Andrea Pearman considers the additional difficulties digitally excluded groups have experienced…
Older Australians are suffering mental health problems and psychological distress because of soaring mortgage debt, new research shows. A report from the Australian…
A new accelerator for social change movements will look to support a new generation of advocacy organisations engaging Australians in “positive action”.Progress Labs…
The federal Labor party has said it would not reverse the $1.2 billion aged care budget savings but has committed to a review of the way services are funded, which aged care…
A handbook aimed at supporting the inclusion of older people with a disability in mainstream community-based activities will be available for community groups to improve…
The 2012 Federal Budget confirms Australia is on the path to ageing well, according to aged care organisations representing seniors, workers, carers, aged care providers…
Not for Profit organisations around the country have welcomed the Gillard Government’s announcement to overhaul Australia’s aged care system.
The response…
The Australia Institute for Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) has called on the Federal Government to abandon the recommendations of the Productivity…
The peak body for older Australians, COTA is calling on the Federal Government to support the adoption of a United Nations Convention on the Rights of Older People.
A report by Council of the Ageing (WA) and the Australian Communications Action Network (ACCAN) has found that very few senior women are going online due to a lack of skills,…