Government’s response to aged care reform remains disappointingly lacking

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety Final Report found that the aged care workforce is understaffed, under qualified and under paid. So what has been the government’s response to the Commission’s recommendations and will it be enough? The Final Report of the Royal Commission into Quality and Safety in Aged Care released […]

Report: At least $10 billion more needed per year to reform aged care

The Morrison Government would need to inject at least an extra $10 billion in funding per year to implement the Aged Care Royal Commission’s recommendations, with the looming 2021-22 Federal Budget presenting the ideal opportunity to start fixing the broken sector, according to a new report from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work. The […]