Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes the issues raised about retirement villages in the Four Corners report 'Bleed Them Dry Until They Die' on 26 June 2017;

(b) expresses concern about the issues raised in the report, including excessive fees, complex contracts and misleading advertising;

(c) acknowledges that such issues are not restricted to retirement villages;

(d) is aware that there was a parliamentary inquiry that looked at similar issues within the retirement village sector in 2007, and that the relevant recommendations have not been implemented;

(e) acknowledges retirement housing reform is on the agenda for the upcoming meeting of Consumer Affairs Ministers; and

(f) urges the Federal Government to take a leadership role in developing nationally-consistent regulation of retirement housing across the various tenures that provides strong protections to residents and their families.

Question agreed to.