We'd like to set the record straight; Scott Morrison never "blew the whistle on aged care" as he claimed in the Leader's debate Sunday night. Years of campaigning from aged care workers, mounting ANMF research and evidence, a taskforce and community concern led to
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the shocking expose on aged care by @4corners - It was after that expose Scott Morrison was forced to finally respond. Did he fix the problems in the sector? No. He yet again, ‘kicked the can down the road’ deflecting action by calling a Royal Commission into Aged Care.
3/ Despite the Royal Commission interim report titled “Neglect" and a Final Report detailing a system where the extent of substandard care is ‘deeply concerning and unacceptable by any measure’ with 148 recommendations for action, the Morrison Government continued to fail to act
4/ Nothing has changed in aged care in the past three years of a Morrison Federal Government, causing considerable distress for aged care nurses and care-workers across the country, who have been calling for change for years.
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