22nd Aug 2018, 4:44 PM – Senate Motions - Home Care Packages - Deliver on reforms

The majority voted in favour of a motion introduced by Labor Senator Helen Polley, which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't make legal changes by themselves, but they represent the will of the Senate and so can be politically influential.

Motion text

That the Senate:

(a) notes:

(i) the delayed release of the March 2018 home care package data by the Turnbull Government which reveals more than 108 000 older Australians are on a waitlist for a home care package,

(ii) that this includes 88 000 older Australians waiting with high needs, many with dementia, and

(iii) that 53 365 older Australians are receiving no home care package at all;

(b) calls on the Turnbull Government to address the growing home care package waitlist as a matter of urgency; and

(c) recognises action is required now and the Turnbull Government must deliver on the 'Living Longer Living Better' reforms to ensure older Australians receive the care they so desperately need.