Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the second reading amendment as moved by Senator Kovacic be agreed to.

Jordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move the second reading amendment as foreshadowed and circulated in my name:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recommended that no person with disability under the age of 65 should remain living in residential aged care from 2025,

(ii) while the Government accepted this recommendation, this Bill works in direct opposition to the recommendation by formalising a pathway to place people under 65 in aged care,

(iii) there are 911 people aged under 65 in residential aged care who are NDIS participants who should be receiving the disability-specific supports they need to exit residential aged care; and

(b) calls on the Government to implement the recommendation of the Royal Commission and ensure no disabled person under the age of 65 remains living in residential aged care".

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator Steele-John be agreed to.

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

by leave—I move:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to ensure that all recipients of aged care assistance, whether in a facility or in home care, are provided on a daily basis with adequate meals, in terms of quantity as well as quality, as determined by a qualified nutritionist".

Question agreed to.

David Van (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes:

(i) there is a regulatory gap between traditional registered providers and platform providers,

(ii) currently, platform providers operate with far fewer obligations, creating significant risks to service quality and the safeguarding of older Australians,

(iii) the need to ensure platform providers operate with the same transparency and safety as traditional registered providers; and

(b) calls on the Government to ensure platform providers must:

(i) demonstrate to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission that they meet all of the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards that apply to the service types they deliver and adhere directly to the Aged Care Code of Conduct,

(ii) be subject to regular and ongoing audits or compliance monitoring by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission,

(iii) directly comply with the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS) and report directly to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission in line with the SIRS requirements".

Question negatived.

Original question, as amended, agreed to.

Bills read a second time.

Ordered that consideration of the Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 be made an order of the day for the next day of sitting.