Aged care funding
Published 15 September 2023
Submission to the Aged Care Taskforce’s consultation
Foundations of the new Aged Care Act
Published 15 September 2023
Submission to the Department of Health
Submission to IPART Review: The Future of Embedded Networks in NSW
Published 14 September 2023
CPSA has made a submission to the IPART review into embedded networks for electricity, gas and water.Currently, there is scope for opportunistic parties to create private utility networks that are exploitative and provide limited value to consumers. [more]
Select Committee Inquiry: Provision of and Access to Dental Services in Australia
Published 28 June 2023
CPSA has made a submission to the inquiry outlining many of the issues members have raised with us after trying to access dental care.
Submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport’s Inquiry into Bank Closures in Regional Australia
Published 2 May 2023
Banking is an essential services for all Australians but is becoming increasingly difficult to access face-to-face. This is especially concerning for those unable to use online banking for any reason from having poor internet access to preferring to use physical payment for security reasons. [more]
2023-24 Pre-Budget Submission
Published 2 May 2023
CPSA's main ask for the 2023-24 Budget is to ensure Centrelink payments are adequate and provide an acceptable standard of living. This includes reviewing and increasing all income support payments, more frequent indexation in times of high inflation, and an increase to Commonwealth Rent Assistance to ensure it better aligns with real housing costs. [more]
Submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Cost of Living
Published 3 April 2023
The cost-of-living has grown at record rates over the last year placing financial pressure on all Australian households. This is especially felt by low income households and more needs to be done to ensure they are not forced to make impossible choices between essentials. [more]
Submission to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee Inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia
Published 3 April 2023
Poverty rates are rapidly rising and existing interventions fail to ensure everyone has an acceptable standard of living. More needs to be done to reduce poverty and ensure everyone has access to vital services such as housing, healthcare and employment. [more]
Submission to NSW Legislative Council: Inquiry into the Property Tax (First home Buyers Choice) Bill 2022
Published 30 October 2022
Submission to the NSW Legislative Council's Portfolio Committee No. 1 – Premier and FinanceInquiry into the Property Tax (First home Buyers Choice) Bill 2022
Submission to the NSW Legislative Council’s Standing Committee on Social Issues’ Inquiry into Homelessness Amongst Older People Aged Over 55 in New South Wales
Published 14 July 2022
The right to appropriate housing is a fundamental human right. The fact that an increasing number of older people NSW wide are finding themselves without access to a secure home is unacceptable and urgently needs to be addressed. Without housing, people are unable to access other vital services such as healthcare or to meaningfully connect with and contribute to communities. [more]
Submission to the Regional Banking Taskforce Issues Paper
Published 6 December 2021
Banking services are an absolutely essential service, and the closure of bank branches directly impacts people’s ability to access this service. There is a cohort of people who will never be able to use internet banking services for a range of reasons. [more]
Submission to the Australian Energy Regulator Developing the Better Bills Guideline
Published 6 September 2021
Submission to the Australian Energy Regulator Developing the Better Bills Guideline
Submission Federal Treasury Retirement Income Covenant
Published 6 August 2021
As the position paper on the Retirement Income Covenant notes, the recent Retirement Income Review suggested that the retirement income system providing income in retirement is the fundamental role of compulsory superannuation, but that 30 years since its introduction “the retirement phase of superannuation remains under-developed”. [more]
Submission to the Independent Regulatory and Pricing Tribunal’s Review of Competition, Costs and Pricing in the Funeral Industry – Comments on draft report
Published 6 May 2021
In our initial submission, we argued that (1) the NSW funeral industry should have a primary regulator with jurisdiction over the providers of funerals, interments and cremations, and (2) that Cemeteries and Crematoria NSW (CCNSW) is the agency best placed to be that primary regulator. [more]
Submission to Supporting older Australians – exempting granny flat arrangements from Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
Published 6 March 2021
CPSA understands the decision to not require specific terms to be included in granny flat arrangements in the interest of flexibility. However, there should be a requirement that all parties must be referred to materials that outline all possible negative outcomes, a sort of worst-case scenario list, before entering a granny flat arrangement. [more]
Response to the Discussion Paper Statutory Review of the Residential (Land Lease) Communities Act 2013
Published 6 March 2021
CPSA’s members and constituency are for the most part older low-income retirees. As land lease communities are, under this Act, portrayed as affordable living arrangements, CPSA has a strong interest in ensuring legislation protects the interests of land lease residents many of whom live on low, fixed incomes such as the Age Pension. [more]
Submission to NSW Treasury concerning the NSW Government’s Property Tax proposal
Published 6 March 2021
Regardless of the larger economic benefits of the property tax proposed by the NSW Government, as more and more properties are opted into the property tax, eventually hundreds of thousands of low-income households will not be able to pay it. [more]
Submission to the Independent Regulatory and Pricing Tribunal’s Review of Competition, Costs and Pricing in the Funeral Industry
Published 16 December 2020
CPSA's response to the Independent Regulatory and Pricing Tribunal’s Review of Competition, Costs and Pricing in the Funeral Industry.
Submission to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety – System Governance
Published 1 September 2020
This submission discusses the current system of governance in aged care in Australia and proposes a different model, aligning key interests with the agencies and groups best able to pursue them without being conflicted and with the welfare of aged people always at the centre. [more]
Comments on the NSW Federal Financial Relations Review
Published 1 September 2020
The NSW Treasurer commissioned a wide-ranging review of NSW and federal financial relations. The review dealth with the issue of stamp duty, recommending it be replaced with a land tax and also suggested a number of ways land tax could be phased in. [more]