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The peak body for aged care providers has hailed the passing of the federal government’s aged care bill in the Senate as a “watershed moment” for older Australians, paving the way for the act to be legislated into parliament.
The Aged and Community Care providers Association (ACCPA) said the new, rights-based aged care act - the number one recommendation of the Royal Commission into Aged Care - would deliver on dozens of other recommendations made in the final report, passed down three years ago.
The path to the new act follows significant consultation with consumers, providers, unions, workers, accountants, economists, and members of parliament. Negotiations have been robust, but in good faith, with everyone putting the future of older Australians at the heart of reforms.
We need certainty, we need support, and we need time. Everyone wants these reforms to succeed and we only get one chance to get this right.
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