COTA NT (also known as Council on the Ageing NT) is the peak body for Seniors in the Northern Territory advocating for their rights and wellbeing since 1969
13 March 2023 – The Hon Natasha Fyles, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and Sue Shearer, COTA NT
Announcing the release of EOI for developers to build a new 60-bed aged care home with 12-beds dedicated to those living with dementia.
13 July 2022 – The Hon Lauren Moss, Minister for Seniors and Sue Shearer, COTA NT
Launch the Seniors Month calendar highlight its diversity and those events and activities focusing on aged care reform, digital literacy and well-being.
28 June 2022 – Vogliamoci Bene Cecilia Chiolero and Dementia Australia
PICAC NT Manager Cecilia Chiolero chats to Mario about dementia in Italian.
21 February 2022 – Member Update for the PRBA
Sue Shearer talks about COTA NT to inform Members of the PRBA what we do and how they help us.
10 March 2020 – COTA NT CEO, Sue Shearer speaks at a meeting of the Palmerston Regional Business Association about COTA NT’s work
This short video – where Sue doesn’t actually “go off” was filmed at one of PRBA’s recent meetings. In it, Sue talks about the Seniors Card Business Directory and programs such as the Aged Care Navigator Trial, our events and lobbying.
January 2020 – Sue Shearer, CEO COTA NT recorded for Cultural Safety Podcast for College of Health & Human Sciences CDU University, Darwin
This podcast was recorded at CDU University for use by students studying cultural safety. In this podcast, Sue talks about the role of COTA NT as an advocate for seniors in the Northern Territory and the organisation’s increasing reach; the issues facing seniors both in the Territory and across Australia (ageism, aged care access, retirement income, oral health etc.); her personal interest in social justice; what it means to be culturally safe and how to generate rapport and create relationships with older Australians from any cultural background.
Click on the link below to hear the podcast (lasts approx 16 minutes):
19 October 2018 – Sue Shearer, CEO COTA NT interviewed by Rachael Chisholm, Aboriginal Broadcasting Australia
This interview was broadcast in the NT on Australian Indigenous Radio Vast 913 and Radio Larrakia in late October 2018. During the interview, Sue urges all seniors throughout the Territory to check with Territory Families and/or COTA NT about their entitlements are and covers topics such as access to the aged care system, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety, the NT Concession and Seniors Recognition Scheme, the NT Seniors Card program and the importance of having a Advanced Personal Plan. (Read Media Transcript of Sue Shearer Interview with Rachael Chisholm on Radio Larrakia)
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