Ageing
All Australians should be entitled to high quality aged care, no matter their circumstances. As people age, they deserve the right to make their own choices in regards to their independence, individual circumstances and care arrangements. Governments need to ensure people are given the social, economic and political support to make this a reality. We are committed to widespread reforms to aged care that deliver assess to high quality care for people, irrespective of whether they are in residential care and their own homes.
Older Australians deserve access to appropriate support payments, employment opportunities, community care and affordable, high quality health and aged care services.
media-releases
09 Sep 2008
The comments from ministers, who say they could not live on the pension of $273 per week provided to 1.2 million Australians, b...
media-releases
08 Sep 2008
The Treasurer has failed to respond to a Greens motion which called for an immediate increase in the single aged pension, Austr...
media-releases
27 Aug 2008
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd should immediately increase the single aged pension by $30 a week, Australian Greens Leader Bob Brown...
media-releases
25 Aug 2008
The Australian Greens today outlined their vision for Australia in the new century ahead of the opening of the Balance-of-Power...
media-releases
12 Aug 2008
Brown calls on banks to cut rates
Single aged pensioners cannot afford to wait until next year for an increase to pensions...
media-releases
16 Jun 2008
Australia's pensioners and carers have good cause for hope that next year's budget will come to their aid, Australian Greens le...
media-releases
21 May 2008
Australian Greens leader Bob Brown today called on the Liberal party to back the campaign to get a decent rise in the aged pens...
news-stories
20 May 2008
The PM earns in a fortnight what pensioners live on for a year and has forgotten how tough they do it, contends Bob Brown
Th...
news-stories
18 May 2008
The budget was a lost opportunity to do something for the pensioners, writes Bob Brown.
The Prime Minister and Treasurer a...
media-releases
14 May 2008
The prospect of more than one million Australian pensioners getting help to meet soaring food, housing and transport costs has ...