Submission to the Senate Committee on Community Affairs – Effectiveness of the Aged Care Quality Assessment and Accreditation Framework
Published 18 August 2017
CPSA's response to the Senate Committee on Community Affairs inquiry into the effectiveness of the Aged Care Quality Assessment and accreditation framework for protecting residents from abuse and poor practices, and ensuring proper clinical and medical care standards are maintained and practiced. [more]
Submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017
Published 4 August 2017
CPSA's response to the Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017.
Submission to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Ending Carbon Tax Compensation) Bill 2017
Published 14 July 2017
CPSA's response to the Community Affairs Legislation Comittee inquiry into the Social Services Legsilation Amendment Bill 2017.
Submission to IPART Review of Social and Affordable Housing Rent Models Draft Report
Published 12 May 2017
CPSA's submission in response to IPART's draft report as part of the Review of Social and Affordable Housing Rent Models. CPSA also made a submission responding to IPART's initial issues paper.
Submission to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry Inquiry into the Management of Health Care Delivery
Published 28 April 2017
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Public Accounts Committee of the NSW Legislative Assembly's Inquiry into the Management of Health Care Delivery.
Greater Sydney Commission’s Draft District Plans
Published 31 March 2017
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Greater Sydney Commission's draft district plans. This submission responds to the issues of housing affordability and affordable rental housing, as highlighted in all six district plans. [more]
Australian Law Reform Commission: Elder Abuse Discussion Paper
Published 10 March 2017
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Elder Abuse Discussion Paper (DP 83) released by the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC). The majority of this submission responds to Chapter 11 of the Discussion Paper, which related to aged care. [more]
Protection of Residential Aged Care Lump Sum Accommodation Payments
Published 3 March 2017
CPSA's comments on the Aged Care Funding Authority's public discussion paper on the protection of residential aged care lump sum accommodation payments.
Submission to IPART Review of Social and Affordable Housing Rent Models Issues Paper
Published 6 January 2017
CPSA's submission to IPART's Review of Social and Affordable Housing Rent Models.
Submission to the Review of the Community Visitors Scheme
Published 8 December 2016
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback as part of the review of the Community Visitors Scheme (CVS). As well as delivering systemic advocacy on behalf of pensioners of all ages and low income retirees, CPSA has been an auspicing body of the CVS in Sydney since 1991. [more]
Submission to Department of Health Aged Care Legislated Review
Published 5 December 2016
CPSA's submission responds to eight of the nine key matters that section 4 of the Aged Care Act 1997 requires to be addressed as part of the Aged Care Legislated Review. This response is structured according to the listing of these nine key matters on the Department of Health's webpage for the Review (https://agedcare. [more]
Submission to Department of Social Services: Draft Service Delivery Model for a Proposed New Carer Support Service System
Published 1 December 2016
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the draft model for the delivery of carer support services.
Submission to Foundations for Change – Homelessness in NSW
Published 1 November 2016
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to comment on Foundations for Change – Homelessness in NSW Older people and homelessness
Comments on Introduction of Bonds for Public Housing Tenants
Published 19 October 2016
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) plans to introduce tenancy bonds for public housing tenants. This submission first identifies a number of changes that must be made to the draft policy if it is to be introduced. [more]
Review of the Local Government Rating System (Draft Report)
Published 13 October 2016
CPSA will again limit its submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) on the Local Government Rating Revenue review to the pensioner council rebates.
Submission to Senate Economics Committee on Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016
Published 8 September 2016
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 and notes that this submission has been prepared in consultation with Carers NSW.
‘The Objective of Superannuation’ Discussion Paper: Submission to The Treasury April 2016
Published 29 August 2016
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to comment on The Treasury’s ‘the Objective of Superannuation’ discussion paper.
Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Inquiry into Elder Abuse
Published 29 August 2016
CPSA welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Australian Law Reform Commission's Inquiry into Elder Abuse. As an organisation representing the views of pensioners of all ages and other low income retirees, CPSA has a keen interest in the issue of elder abuse. [more]
Submission to Senate Inquiry into the Future of Australia’s Aged Care Workforce
Published 25 July 2016
You can access a copy of CPSA's submission to the Senate Inquiry into the future of Australia's aged care workforce on the inquiry website, submission number 295.It is also in the attached pdf.
Submission to ‘Increasing Choice in Home Care – Stage 1’ Discussion Paper
Published 20 June 2016
CPSA's submission to the Department of Health's Increasing Choice in Home Care - Stage 1 discussion paper.