Senate debates

Monday, 15 November 2010

Aged Care

3:34 pm

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

I move:

That the Senate—
(a)
notes the implications of the consumer price index figure of 2.8 per cent (for the week beginning 24 October 2010) for the provision of aged care services, in light of the limitation of the recent increase in the Commonwealth aged care subsidy to 1.7 per cent;
(b)
draws the attention of the Government to the yawning gap between the cost of living and the funding provided to aged care services;
(c)
expresses concern at the impact of recent increases in electricity and water prices of 18.8 per cent on levels of care and the ongoing viability of many aged care services; and
(d)
calls on the Commonwealth Government to restore the additional 2 per cent conditional adjustment payment as an interim measure to address the crisis in aged care.

Question agreed to.