Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

We will not be supporting these amendments either. The whistleblower protections under the new Aged Care Act are drafted so as to protect older persons and their families and representatives from victimisation or breach of confidentiality should they make a disclosure to any aged-care worker, acknowledging that older persons are likely to preferentially make disclosures to aged-care workers they trust. It's not clear how a disclosurer would know which workers have agreed and which workers have not agreed to receive whistleblower disclosures.

Question negatived.