Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the current hourly rate of full-time pay for an adult aged care worker ranges from $20 (level 1) to $25 (level 7), which does little to recognise the dedication, compassion and caring they provide to our older, often vulnerable, Australians;

(b) acknowledges that this low rate of remuneration in an industry which demands a high level of care as well as health management skills leads to the high turnover of staffing in aged care facilities; and

(c) calls on the Federal Government to immediately act to increase pay rates in the aged care sector to better reflect the important work undertaken.