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senate vote 2018-08-22#6
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Motions — Home Care Packages- Motions - Home Care Packages - Deliver on reforms
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<p class="speaker">Helen Polley</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate:</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-08-22.154.2) introduced by Labor Senator [Helen Polley](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/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.*
<p class="italic">(a) notes:</p><p class="italic">  (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,</p><p class="italic">  (ii) that this includes 88 000 older Australians waiting with high needs, many with dementia, and</p><p class="italic">  (iii) that 53 365 older Australians are receiving no home care package at all;</p><p class="italic">(b) calls on the Turnbull Government to address the growing home care package waitlist as a matter of urgency; and</p><p class="italic">(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.</p> <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p><p>I seek leave to make a short statement.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p> <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p><p>Over 77,000 older Australians were receiving a home care package as at 31 December 2017—a 12-month increase of 9,261 places, or 13.5 per cent. An estimated 81,000 people are receiving either an interim home care package or Commonwealth home support. The 2018-19 budget included $1.6 billion for additional high-level packages.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that motion No. 997 be agreed to.</p>
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