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1/ The Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 will today look at the Morrison Government’s response to the unfolding tragedy in Victorian nursing homes. #auspol
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2/ The Minister for Aged Care will be appearing to answer questions about how this tragedy happened and why the Morrison Government didn’t learn from Newmarch House and years of aged care failings to better prepare nursing homes.
3/ Why did the Morrison Government fail to audit nursing homes’ stock of PPE, even after more than 1,300 aged care providers across the country requested access to the national stockpile? Image
4/ Why did the Morrison Government fail to deliver adequate PPE training with only 1 in 5 aged care workers trained prior to outbreaks in Victoria? Image
5/ Why did the Morrison Government not learn the lessons from the tragic deaths at Newmarch House in March this year? And why are the reviews into what happened at Dorothy Henderson Lodge and Newmarch not being made public? Image
6/ Why did the Morrison Government not fully implement the workforce recommendations made by Professor John Pollaers in his 2018 report? Image
7/ Why has the Morrison Government not done the recommended by its Inquiry into the events at Earle Haven last year? Image
8/ Australia’s aged care system was broken before the COVID-19 pandemic and this is only putting extra stress on the system. The Morrison Government must act now for our most vulnerable older Australians.
9/ Watch the Committee live from 10am at aph.gov.au/live.
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Extraordinary to hear Morrison Government defend failure to invest in more home care by saying the workforce isn’t there to support more packages. What excuse are they going to use next - the dog ate their homework? Here are the facts. #auspol 1/6
One of the first acts of the Liberal Government, in its 2014 horror Budget, was to scrap Labor’s $1.5 billion Aged Care Workforce Compact which was specifically designed to address aged care workforce issues. 2/6
For more than a year the Morrison Government has been sitting on a comprehensive report on building the workforce Australia’s aged care system requires – but there is no evidence they have fully responded to even one of the report’s 14 actions. 3/6
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Important reminder on @abc730 last night that one of the reasons Australia’s aged care system is broken is the $1.2 billion cut Scott Morrison made as Treasurer. #auspol
Prime Minister Scott Morrison was responsible for cutting $1.2 billion from the sector in his first Budget as Treasurer. The $1.2 billion cut followed his $500 million cut from aged care in the 2015 MYEFO.
No matter how many times Scott Morrison angrily denies cutting funding, it is clear the decisions he made as Treasurer have led to the crisis in Australia’s aged care system.
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Thread - please RT: For three months the Turnbull Government has deliberately delayed the release of the latest data on the number of older Australians waiting for home care. Today we've found out why. #auspol 1/4
The data has finally been released and revealed more than 108,000 older Australians are now waiting for care - this includes more than 88,000 older Australians waiting with high needs, many with dementia. 2/4
We've already learned that many of these older Australians are waiting more than two years for care and sadly with the number of people waiting for a home care package growing these wait times will only grow. 3/4
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