The decision in Affinity Care Services Pty Ltd as Trustee for the Balmerino Australia Trust v National Disability Insurance Agency [2024] FCA 1314 serves as a salient reminder on providers to ensure that they engage sufficient administrative resources to respond to...
This new rights-based Act aims to address key recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The promise is that: ‘It will empower older people to exercise their rights when accessing, or seeking to access, Commonwealth-funded aged care...
Quicker Access to Services Additional funding will be allocated in the first two years of the new program to improve service delivery. By 1 July 2027, the program aims to reduce the average wait time for services to three months. New Classification System Under the...
The Bill implements 23 of 25 legislative changes arising from the Commonwealth Government’s 2023 response to the Attorney-General’s Department Privacy Act Review Report. The Bill lays the foundation for significant changes aimed at strengthening privacy protections...
Background – This has been a long time coming The Retirement Villages Amendment Bill 2024 (WA) passed through WA Parliament on on 5 November 2024. A significant reform to the retirement villages legislation in this state, the Bill (now Act) builds on past reforms such...
An overview of the key takeaway points for service providers can be found here. Commonwealth Response On Wednesday, 31 July 2024, the Commonwealth released its response to the Royal Commission Final Report. Of the 222 recommendations, 172 recommendations were...
The decision comes four years after the Health Services Union lodged an application for a 25% increase of wages across the board for an “under-valued, under-appreciated lifeblood of the care economy.” The pay rise follows the 15% increase to minimum wages awarded by...
New Quality Standards The existing Quality Standards were introduced only a few years ago – in 2019 – to much fanfare. However, since then, the Royal Commission recommended (in 2021) a review of the Standards – ushering in another period of change and adjustment for...
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability An inquiry into what governments, institutions and the community should do to prevent and better protect people with disability from experiencing violence, abuse, neglect and...
Background of decision The respondent, Evolution Support Services (ESS) is a NDIS service provider. ESS terminated the applicant, Mark Hutton, after approximately three years of employment with ESS in December 2022 after an investigation by ESS found that Mr Hutton...