Concessions | COTA NT | Voice for Territory Seniors

Approximately 48% of the total number of members (aged over 65) of the NT Concession Scheme have now confirmed their details and membership of the…

+

03 Apr 2018

Clearing up confusion about different cards

We have been inundated with Seniors applying for their NT Seniors Card, which is terrific. However, there appears to be some confusion over two different…

+

14 Nov 2017

NT Concessions scheme remains the best in the country

Well – as they say, the cat is out of the bag with the revamped NT Concessions Scheme, the most generous scheme of its kind…

+

08 Nov 2017

Media Release – COTA NT welcomes certainty for Territory seniors

COTA NT’s CEO Sue Shearer is pleased that seniors finally have certainty regarding the NT Pensioners and Carers Concessions Scheme review, with the Territory Government…

+

24 Oct 2017

Waiting for review of scheme creates angst

Seniors are still waiting with bated breath for the Gunner Government’s recommendations on the NT Pensioner and Carer Concession Scheme. We would recommend the NT…

+

09 Oct 2017

Pensioners to get back their cards

More than 90,000 former Aussie pensioners will have their concessions cards given back to them today. The Turnbull Government faced a backlash late last year…

+

03 Oct 2017

10,000 Voices speak and COTA continues to lobby on behalf of seniors

Seniors certainly had their say in the recent review regarding the NTPCCS (Northern Territory Pensioner and Carers Concession Scheme). Over 10,000 seniors voiced their concerns,…

+

15 Aug 2017

COTA urges seniors to sign petition

It was interesting reading in the paper about the costs of child care and how a lot of parents rely heavily on their parents to…

+

25 Jul 2017

Let’s deal in hard facts, not fiction

It was interesting to read in Letters to the Editor in the NT News recently that COTA NT is supposedly saying silent on the slashing…

+

11 Jul 2017

Canvassing ideas on how new pensioner card will work

There’s a lot of talk about the review of the Territory pensioner and concessions card. COTA NT has canvassed quite a few of our members,…

+

10 Jul 2017

Northern Territory Government begins public consultation on all aspects of the NT Pensioner and Carer Concession Scheme

The Northern Territory Government has begun public consultation on all aspects of the NT Pensioner and Carer Concession Scheme. The concession scheme provides members with…

+

20 Jun 2017

Pensioner and concessions scheme rumours causing distress

COTA NT has been contacted by seniors in the Territory community regarding the changes to the pensioner and concessions scheme. Unfortunately there are a lot…

+

09 May 2017

Seniors are winners in Manison’s first budget

Under much fanfare the NT Governments 2017/18 budget was released. COTA NT also attended a special Expert Review Group, which you will recall was set…

+

28 Mar 2017

Lobbying hard for Territory seniors

Our members would have been aware that COTA was on the Expert Review Group and have attended a few meetings late last year and early…

+

28 Mar 2017

Lobbying hard for the Territory

Our members would have been aware that COTA was on the Expert Review Group and have attended a few meetings late last year and early…