Joint Statements
Open Letter: Victoria must support financial counselling
HAAG supported Financial Counselling Victoria’s (FCVic) 2027-28 State Budget Submission and an Open Letter signed by community organisations across Victoria, calling on the Victorian Government to make financial counselling a priority investment in the next State Budget. Read the open letter here …Posted in: Campaigns
Inquiry into NSW Human Rights Bill – Ageing on the Edge NSW Coalition Submission
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights stipulates that ‘Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services.’ A rights-based framework would ensure that older people in NSW are able to exercise their rights related to housing, such as evictions, housing allocations and access to residential care at the appropriate time. The Ageing on the Edge NSW Coalition recommends the NSW Human Rights Bill be passed. Read our submission to the Inquiry here …Posted in: Submissions, Campaigns, New South Wales
Joint statement on the redevelopment of seven public housing towers dedicated to older Victorians
A joint statement by Housing for the Aged Action Group, Council to Homeless Persons, Council on the Ageing Victoria, Elder Rights Advocacy, Tenants Victoria, Victorian Public Tenants Association and Victorian Council of Social Services regarding the redevelopment of older persons high rises. …Posted in: News Updates, Public Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Open Letter to the Prime Minister regarding people sleeping rough during COVID-19
An open letter calling on the government to address the urgent situation concerning homeless people sleeping rough and COVID-19. …Posted in: News Updates, Coronavirus, Campaigns, Federal Campaigns
LGBTIQ+ Organisations express anger amid cuts to Out and About Program
LGBTIQ organisations are disappointed to hear news this week that Switchboard Victoria’s ‘Out and About’ program is under threat due to Federal funding cuts. ‘Out and About’ is a vital peer service connecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI) people across Victoria and aims to reduce social isolation and loneliness experienced by older members of LGBTIQ communities via a community visitors program. …Posted in: LGBTQIA+, News Updates
Including Retirement Housing in the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
This joint letter to the PM and the Minister for Consumer Affairs asks them to extend the terms of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety to cover Retirement Villages. …Posted in: News Updates, Aged care, Retirement Housing, Campaigns
Response to Retirement Housing Inquiry fails to provide access to justice
After six months of waiting, the Victorian Government has responded to the Inquiry into the Retirement Housing Sector, conducted by the Victorian Legislative Council. The Victorian Government’s response to the Parliamentary Inquiry has failed to deliver, according to retirement housing residents and advocates. Despite nearly 800 submissions to the Inquiry and recommendations that promised meaningful reform, the pleas of residents have fallen on deaf ears, with many of the proposed reforms pushed off into the long grass of more reviews. …Posted in: Media Releases, News Updates, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Retirement Housing Advice Service, Victoria
Open letter to the Hon Scott Morrison, MP
Re: you do your budget planning on a four-yearly cycle; please let us do the same An open letter to the Hon Scott Morrison, MP, Minister for Social Services, House of Representatives, Parliament House, Canberra was published in the Australian, Monday February 9th, 2015. The letter was signed by 59 signatories of peak Housing and Homelessness services across Australia. Read the letter in full. …Posted in: News Updates, Campaigns, Federal Campaigns