Senate debates

Thursday, 25 September 2008

Committees

Economics Committee; Reference

9:37 am

Photo of Gary HumphriesGary Humphries (ACT, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Economics Committee for inquiry and report by the first sitting day of April 2009:

The funding, planning, allocation, capital and equity of residential and community aged care in Australia, with particular reference to:

(a)
whether current funding levels are sufficient to meet the expected quality service provision outcomes;
(b)
how appropriate the current indexation formula is in recognising the actual cost of pricing aged care services to meet the expected level and quality of such services;
(c)
measures that can be taken to address regional variations in the cost of service delivery and the construction of aged care facilities;
(d)
whether there is an inequity in user payments between different groups of aged care consumers and, if so, how the inequity can be addressed;
(e)
whether the current planning ratio between community, high- and low-care places is appropriate; and
(f)
the impact of current and future residential places allocation and funding on the number and provision of community care places.

Question agreed to.

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