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Date Time Share Respect, Care and Dignity – Aged Care Royal Commission $452 million immediate response as Government commits to historic reform The Australian Government welcomes the Final Report from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, which has today been tabled in Parliament, noting its significant and sweeping proposals for reform of the aged care sector. As a country it is important that we all acknowledge that we need to do more to ensure senior Australians are treated with respect, care and dignity and have access to quality care as they age. The Royal Commission...

Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand The Green Party are celebrating the Labour Government bringing forward the timeline to ban conversion therapy, and will push to ensure any draft bill properly protects all of our Rainbow communities. “Today it is clear that people power works. Our 150,000 strong petition impressed the urgency felt by New Zealanders that conversion therapy must be banned in Aotearoa as soon as possible”, Green Party Rainbow spokesperson Dr Elizabeth Kerekere said today. “Waiting until the end of the year to introduce legislation was never acceptable. In the time it tak...

Date Time Clamping down on abuse of Powers of Attorney The independent South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) based at the University of Adelaide is recommending changes to South Australian law and practice regarding Powers of Attorney. SALRI’s report, handed to the Attorney General today, Tuesday 19 January, makes a suite of recommendations which aim to both promote the use of Powers of Attorney, more formally known as Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs), and to prevent their abuse. These include: Educational and operational measures to promote and enhance the use and operation of EP...