âThe idea that our most vulnerable citizens are being neglected; of maggots crawling out from underneath bandages, and our own parents and grandparents being malnourished, is incomprehensible in 21st century Australia,â Albanese will say, according to draft excerpts of the speech.
âScott Morrison could have acted earlier. He deliberately and callously chose not to do so.â
Albanese will say that âseriousâ investment in the sector is now needed, with 26,000 older Australians having died waiting for their approved home care packages over the past two years.
âIt needs better nutrition for residents, it needs better pay, better training, and better conditions for overstretched and under-resourced staff. As the royal commission recommended, it needs minimum staffing levels and skills mix in residential aged care.â
The Labor leader Anthony Albanese will use a major pre budget speech to pressure the government over aged care funding, while declaring he would be “cautious” about government spending if he was prime minister. In a speech to the McKell Institute on Thursday, Albanese targets the prime minister for failing to adequately fund the overstretched aged care sector, saying “comprehensive reform” is overdue. He says the Coalition had been aware of the.