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senate vote 2019-11-27#3
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Title
Motions — Aged Care- Motions - Aged Care - Inadequate response
Description
<p class="speaker">Anne Urquhart</p><p>I wish to inform the chamber that Senator Polley will also sponsor this motion. At the request of Senators Watt and Polley, 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=2019-11-27.162.2) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Anne Urquhart](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/anne_urquhart) (Labor), which means it was successful. Motions like these don't make any legal changes on their own but are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
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- > *(a) notes that:*
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- >> *(i) there are 120,000 older Australians waiting for their approved home care package, with many waiting more than two years for the care they have been approved for,*
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- >> *(ii) there are more than 16,000 older Australians who died waiting for the approved home care package which they were assessed for in 2017-18, and sadly, that was approximately 300 older Australians who died each week in that year waiting for care, and*
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- >> *(iii) there are around 14,000 older Australians who entered residential aged care prematurely because they could not get the care they were assessed for and approved for in 2017-18, and sadly, that was approximately 200 older Australians each week having no other choice but to enter residential aged care;*
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- > *(b) further notes that, since 2017, the number of older Australians waiting for home care grew from 88,000 to 120,000; and*
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- > *(c) condemns the Morrison Government for its inadequate response to the Royal Commission's interim report, and not providing the home care older Australians need.*
<p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p><p class="italic">  (i) there are 120,000 older Australians waiting for their approved home care package, with many waiting more than two years for the care they have been approved for,</p><p class="italic">  (ii) there are more than 16,000 older Australians who died waiting for the approved home care package which they were assessed for in 2017-18, and sadly, that was approximately 300 older Australians who died each week in that year waiting for care, and</p><p class="italic">  (iii) there are around 14,000 older Australians who entered residential aged care prematurely because they could not get the care they were assessed for and approved for in 2017-18, and sadly, that was approximately 200 older Australians each week having no other choice but to enter residential aged care;</p><p class="italic">(b) further notes that, since 2017, the number of older Australians waiting for home care grew from 88,000 to 120,000; and</p><p class="italic">(c) condemns the Morrison Government for its inadequate response to the Royal Commission's interim report, and not providing the home care older Australians need.</p> <p class="speaker">Jonathon Duniam</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">Jonathon Duniam</p><p>The Morrison government's strong response to the three priority areas of the aged-care royal commission interim report included $496.3 million for 10,000 more home care packages; $25.5 million to reduce the use of chemical restraints in aged care; $10 million for additional dementia training and support for aged-care workers and providers, including to reduce the use of chemical restraint; and $4.7 million to help meet new targets to remove younger people with disabilities from residential aged care. In contrast, Labor at the last election had $387 billion worth of new taxes and did not allocate a single dollar towards more home care packages.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that notice of motion no. 293 be agreed to.</p>
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