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...
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....