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senate vote 2024-11-21#2

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on 2024-11-24 12:34:29

Title

  • Bills — Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading
  • Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Greens amendment

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Jordon Steele-John</p>
  • <p>I move the second reading amendment as foreshadowed and circulated in my name:</p>
  • <p class="italic">At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(i) the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recommended that no person with disability under the age of 65 should remain living in residential aged care from 2025,</p>
  • <p class="italic">(ii) while the Government accepted this recommendation, this Bill works in direct opposition to the recommendation by formalising a pathway to place people under 65 in aged care,</p>
  • <p class="italic">(iii) there are 911 people aged under 65 in residential aged care who are NDIS participants who should be receiving the disability-specific supports they need to exit residential aged care; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) calls on the Government to implement the recommendation of the Royal Commission and ensure no disabled person under the age of 65 remains living in residential aged care".</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Steele-John be agreed to.</p>
  • <p></p>
  • <p></p>
  • The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2024-11-21.6.2) to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). The amendment was introduced by West Australian Senator [Jordon Steele-John](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/jordon_steele-john) (Greens).
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:*
  • >
  • > *(a) notes that:*
  • >
  • >> *(i) the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recommended that no person with disability under the age of 65 should remain living in residential aged care from 2025,*
  • >>
  • >> *(ii) while the Government accepted this recommendation, this Bill works in direct opposition to the recommendation by formalising a pathway to place people under 65 in aged care,*
  • >>
  • >> *(iii) there are 911 people aged under 65 in residential aged care who are NDIS participants who should be receiving the disability-specific supports they need to exit residential aged care; and*
  • >
  • > *(b) calls on the Government to implement the recommendation of the Royal Commission and ensure no disabled person under the age of 65 remains living in residential aged care".*