"For older Australians this is a tale of two budgets..." said COTA Australia CE, Ian Yates, in yesterday's live session on Facebook discussing the Federal Budget.
You can catch up on the session which included discussion from COTA representatives around Australia, as well as Q&As: http://ow.ly/EKiM
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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 to ens