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

As I said, the legislation widens the provisions around police checks. The concerns that were raised during the committee inquiry centred on the ability of outsiders to be called in to a facility in the event of an emergency without a police check being required and how that would occur. As I understand it, under the existing provisions, that person must be supervised at all times when they are in the facility. Again, as I understand it, the aged-care providers correctly said that they thought they might not be able to do that anymore and they sought assurance that that provision would still be enabled.