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The head of the specialist health team running the Howard Springs facility near Darwin says his staff won't leave until they're confident NT Health can safely manage a doubling of repatriations. But the NT Opposition and health groups are sceptical about the prospect of finding and training 400 extra staff.
ANMF federal secretary Annie Butler said on March 1 that a succession of federal governments have “done nothing” to address the ever-increasing shortages of registered nurses and qualified carers working in the sector. She said this means that elderly residents have been “made to suffer”.
The ANMF said the government’s “immediate response” of $452 million in public funds to be tied to providing better care. Given the billions of taxpayer dollars aged-care providers receive annually, the lack of transparency must be rectified, it said.
After a two-year inquiry, involving more than 10,000 submissions and 23 public hearings, the commission produced a 1000-page final report.
âHave to pay somehowâ: Experts say wage levy for aged care wonât be enough
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Almost 10 million Australians could pay up to $610 a year to fund aged care services if the government introduces a new levy, but health experts warn linking funding to wages wonât be enough to fix the failing system.
A 1 per cent income levy could cost the median person who already pays the Medicare levy as much as $610, while boosting funds for the aged care sector by $7.85 billion annually. A union proposal for a 0.65 per cent levy would raise about $5 billion a year.