News | COTA NT | Voice for Territory Seniors

Last week COTA NT attended the National Policy Reform (NPC) in Canberra. The NPC brings together all COTAs from around Australia to meet and discuss…

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26 Jun 2018

Respecting, valuing and protecting seniors

COTA NT, along with Darwin Community Legal Service, hosted an Elder Abuse Awareness Workshop on International Elder Abuse Awareness Day on Friday the 15th June….

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19 Jun 2018

COTA helps identify gaps in Territory aged care

The Seniors Month August 2018 calendar is off to the printers shortly. Remember that if you missed the print deadline, you can still add your…

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12 Jun 2018

Get your calendars ready!

Our Seniors Month Calendar is shaping up nicely, but the time frame is extremely tight. All organisations who were successful with their grants for Seniors…

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05 Jun 2018

Celebrating seniors

Our biggest event of the year – our Seniors Expo last week was an outstanding success, exceeding the numbers of both stall holder numbers and…

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29 May 2018

COTA’s voice continues to grow

Our fourth annual Seniors Expo is on this Friday at the Palmerston Recreation Centre. It has grown in exhibitors and status. Next year’s will be our…

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22 May 2018

Community conversations and support

It was a fantastic night at our recent Deckchair fundraiser when the iconic film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was screened. We had over 350 people attend…

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15 May 2018

Senior consumers should have choice

More budgets! The Federal Government released their budget last week and while it was pleasing to see more emphasis on seniors – especially on aged…

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09 May 2018

Media Release: COTA NT on Federal Budget 2018 – More commitment needed to ageing population and aged care

COTA NT’s CEO Sue Shearer has welcomed most of the initiatives from the 2018 Federal Budget, but warns it is not enough. “One of the…

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08 May 2018

Budget may grow population, but focus needed on long-time Territorians now

The budget has come and gone. It is interesting to see the comments in relation to the 2018/19 Territory Budget. There were no funding cuts…

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04 May 2018

Mother’s Day movie fundraiser is gifted a Paspaley pearl to raffle!

We were absolutely thrilled to receive news that Paspaley had gifted us a pearl pendant to raffle at our movie fundraising night. It truly helps makes…

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01 May 2018

Thoughts on government spending and the budget ahead

We are already into May and the year seems to have gone very quickly so far. We have working hard on contacting local business throughout…

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17 Apr 2018

Help needed (and coming) from all quarters

Thankfully the City of Darwin did not implement a suggested Tree Levy on rate payers. Residents are still experiencing financial stress paying to remove trees…

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10 Apr 2018

Seniors calendars and communication

Applications for Seniors Month grants are in the process of being assessed by the team at Territory families. As soon as the outcomes of these…

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04 Apr 2018

COTA NT announces new Alice Springs Coordinator

COTA NT has announced that it has a representative in Alice Springs for the first time. Ms Fran Kilgariff AM is now the Alice Springs Co-Ordinator for COTA…