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The Agenda covers 12 public policy areas and includes 37 recommendations for the 47th Parliament of Australia.
We only have three sitting days left for the Senate to pass this legislation, or it cannot be passed until well after the election and that would mean very substantial delays in implementing key Royal Commission recommendations.
The grief of family and friends is turning to anger when some commentators infer these deaths matter less because residents were already palliative, or on the other hand try to exploit the tragedy for political point scoring.
We welcome the opportunity to submit this submission in advance of the 2022/23 Federal Budget.
This paper is part of the process by which the Department responds to the conclusions and recommendations included in the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety that relate to aged care accommodation.
Our submission argues that the Care and Support Sector needs a consistent Code.
Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, the peak body for older Australians, has welcomed the announcement of further funding for aged care reform in today’s Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook.
COTA Australia welcomes the development of a new research centre at Flinders University in Adelaide aimed at finding ways to improve the delivery of aged care in Australia.
COTA Australia welcomes the Bill and supports its purpose of enabling essential reforms to the aged care system recommended by the Royal Commission. We strongly encourage its passage through the Parliament.
COTA Australia tonight welcomed the very substantial package of measures in tonight’s Federal Budget that will fire the starting gun on a substantial overhaul of the aged care system over the next five years, supported by additional expenditure of $17.7 Billion over four years.
Our view – expressed repeatedly and publicly, and in submissions, over recent years – is that significant parts of the industry are over-reliant on RADs and the industry is short on adequate levels of both equity investment and debt capital.
The peak consumer body for older Australians, Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia, today welcomed the Aged Care Royal Commission’s special report into COVID-19 and called for dedicated funding in Tuesday’s Budget to facilitate increased visits to people living in residential aged care.