They called it a 'once in a generation reform' but the Government's #agedcare package falls way short.

The Royal Commission gave them a clear roadmap to fix the crisis but they've left recommendations on key issues ignored or fobbed off.

These are my biggest concerns 👇
First - nothing will really change without reform to the workforce.

There was nothing to improve wages for overstretched, undervalued aged care workers.

How do we attract the needed 700,000 workers to the sector when these workers remain some of the lowest paid in our economy?
Second - Morrison is spending $3.2 billion increasing the basic daily fee for residential providers but doing nothing to ensure that money is tied to better food and care.

Two thirds of our aged care residents are malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. It's an emergency.
Third - the Royal Commission strongly recommended we fully clear the Home Care waitlist.

The Govt have now promised 80,000 packages.

But there are 100,000 older Australians on the waitlist and many more get added every year.

The maths simply don't add up.
Fourth - the Government have refused to accept the recommendation to require a Registered Nurse to be on duty at all times in residential aged care homes.

This is core to improving care and clinical standards yet it's not happening.
Fifth - Scott Morrison's approach shirks the main increase to mandatory care minutes.

Inadequate staffing levels are central to many of the quality care problems in residential aged care.

The Government's changes barely give staff enough time to dress a resident. It's wrong.
How can we trust the Government on #agedcare?

There is still no enduring, trustworthy plan to fix the terrible crisis they've made worse with their cuts and neglect.

And no reason to believe we won’t be back here again in a decade.

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The COVID recession is having a particularly devastating impact on Australian women in lower skilled work - but new data shows us that these women were already doing it really tough before COVID hit.

What will the future of work look like for these women?

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The share of women in the labour market who did not study beyond high school or have a Certificate II or III is 2.8m Australian women. Of those women, almost 600,000 were either under-employed or unemployed before COVID. Image
If you fly over the underemployment numbers at a national level, you can't see the dire situation for these women at ground level.

Inadequate hours of work is an endemic, longstanding part of their working lives. The labour market is just not meeting their needs. Not even close.
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