Senate debates
Wednesday, 1 March 2006
Aged Care
3:40 pm
Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source
by leave—I move the motion as amended:
That the Senate—
- (a)
- notes the recent reports of abuse on residents of aged care nursing homes; and
- (b)
- calls on the Government and all state and territory governments to protect older Australians by:
- (i)
- exploring the introduction of a form mandatory reporting of suspected abuse,
- (ii)
- exploring the potential benefits of pre-employment police checks for aged care workers, and
- (iii)
- supporting the protection of whistleblowers.
Question agreed to.
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