Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I wish to inform the chamber that Senator Bilyk will also sponsor this motion. At the request of Senators Polley and Bilyk, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) the Morrison Government has announced that it intends to privatise Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACAT),

  (ii) when asked about the privatisation of ACAT in Parliament, the Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Senator Colbeck, said he is "actually implementing a recommendation from the Tune Review", and

  (iii) the Tune Review did not recommend the privatisation of ACAT services;

(b) condemns the Morrison Government for its current plans to privatise ACAT services; and

(c) calls on:

  (i) the Minister to correct the record and clarify that the Tune Review did not recommend that ACAT services be put to tender, and

  (ii) the Morrison Government to stop its plans to privatise ACAT services.