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

All right, I'll keep working on that one! During the committee's hearings on the bills, we heard that OPAN—the Older Persons Advocacy Network—has been refused entry into residential aged-care facilities by approved providers. COTA Australia raised concerns that the new legislation did not incorporate the existing section 10(3) of the accountability principles, which states:

The approved provider must not unreasonably withhold consent if access to the premises of the service is required in circumstances where the CEO of the Quality Agency … reasonably believes that there is a serious risk to the safety, health or wellbeing of a person who is being provided with care through the service.

How will the minister ensure that the new staff of the commission will not be refused entry in these circumstances?