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...
Zombie agreements ‘Zombie agreements’ are collective agreements that were made before the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) commenced, and continue to operate because the agreements have not been terminated or replaced by another agreement. Due to the operation of the Fair...
This statutory review has now been completed and the Final Report was tabled in Parliament on 22 February 2023. The Final Report recommended two substantial amendments to the existing legislation. The first being to expand the scope of the legislation to include a...
Code of Conduct The Code introduces eight behaviours expected of approved providers, aged care workers and governing persons in the provision of care, support and services, including aged care. They must: act with respect for people’s rights to freedom of expression,...
Responsibilities related to Registered Nurses Under new amendments to the Aged Care Act 1997, an approved provider who provides residential care or flexible care in a residential facility, must ensure that a registered nurse is on site, and on duty, at all times....
SIRS has two key components: Incident Management obligations; and Compulsory Reporting obligations. Incident Management Obligations The SIRS requires all approved aged care providers to have an effective incident management system in place to manage incidents and take...
Code of Conduct Approved providers, aged care workers and governing persons will all be required to comply with the provisions of the Code that are applicable to them. Additionally, approved providers will be required to take reasonable steps to ensure aged care...
Composition of approved provider’s governing body An approved provider must ensure that a majority of members of the governing body are independent non-executive members (the majority requirement) and at least one member of the governing body has experience in the...