If you are, or someone you know is, in Victoria and experiencing elder abuse, call our confidential helpline on 1300 368 821.
Barwon Community Legal Service, COTA Victoria, and Seniors Rights Victoria are calling on the Victorian Government to ensure that no older Victorian loses their only recognised photo identification when surrendering their driver’s licence for medical reasons.
We’re pleased to advise that our Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2026 will be held as a hybrid event — both in-person and online — on 17 November 2026 between 10.30 am and 12.00 pm AEDT.
Last year, Victoria’s community legal service — including Seniors Rights Victoria — helped more than 75,000 Victorians with over 170,000 legal problems. However, years of underinvestment mean two Victorians are turned away for every person we’re able to help.
Often our clients have chosen a trusted relative or friend to manage their finances when they are unable to do so. This trust may be abused, with devastating consequences for the older person.
COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria extend congratulations to Ben Carroll, the new Premier of Victoria, alongside new Deputy Premier Gabrielle Williams.
Seniors Rights Victoria and COTA Victoria held their World Elder Abuse Awareness Day 2026 showcase event, Beyond Age, at the Melbourne Town Hall on 11 June.
Seniors Rights Victoria and COTA Victoria encourage those in Victoria, throughout Australia, and across the world to come together on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to combat elder abuse – and to challenge the socially accepted discrimination, ageism, that helps to drive it.
COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria are inviting older Victorians to share their experiences, priorities, and concerns about ageing well in Victoria in this 5-10 minute survey.
The Victorian Government is seeking wide community input to help develop the next State Disability Plan (SDP) – the state’s key blueprint for action over the next four years to improve fairness and community participation for everyone with a disability.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) welcome a series of initiatives in the Victorian State Budget 2026-27 that offer tangible help to older people struggling with the cost of living.
COTA Victoria will celebrate 75 years of service to Victorians as they age in a special event held at the Melbourne Town Hall’s Portico Balcony on the afternoon of 11 June 2026.
Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) and Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria’s Beyond Age project will be the focal point of its major World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) 2026 event, changing the conversation about ageing.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) are proud to advise that nominations are now open for the COTA Victoria Senior Achiever Awards, part of the larger 2026 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards program.
Seniors Rights Victoria is pleased to announce that online submissions for their Beyond Age campaign are now open, all in support of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) 2026.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria has launched its own Aged Care Navigation Service pilot, designed to fill a growing information gap arising from recent changes to the Aged Care Act and its implementation.
The national plan to address elder abuse needs effective implementation to deliver on its potential impact, which the upcoming Commonwealth budget must start to resource.
COTA Conversations returns for a new year on Monday, 2 February with a special series that shines a spotlight on the well-deserving winners of the 2025 Victorian Senior of the Year Awards program.
For close to 75 years, COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria have worked alongside older people to shape policies, services, and systems that support safety, dignity, inclusion, and quality of life.
As we head to a state election in November, COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria want to understand how older Victorians experience voting.
We want to hear from older Victorians with a disability about their communication needs, preferences, and concerns, especially when using community aged care services.
We’re pleased to offer our members and supporters the opportunity to complete two new surveys that will drive upcoming advocacy efforts at COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria.
The offices of COTA Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria will be closed between 4.00 pm AEDT on Tuesday, 23 December 2025 and 10.00 am AEDT on Monday, 5 January 2026.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) have shone a spotlight on a specific form of elder abuse and family violence as part of Economic Abuse Awareness Day 2025.
Today, on Economic Abuse Awareness Day, Council on the Ageing (COTA) Victoria and Seniors Rights Victoria (SRV) are drawing attention to one of the most common, yet least recognised forms of family violence affecting older people.
