The Australian government is conducting a national survey to understand the qualification and training experiences of personal care workers in the aged care sector.
Australian Unions have welcomed the announcement of an independent two-year review of the Albanese Government’s Closing Loopholes workplace reforms.
Despite the federal government’s legislative reforms, Australia’s aged care sector continues to struggle with chronic understaffing, rising workplace violence and a lack of transparency over how providers are spending billions of dollars in taxpayer funding meant for resident care, a new national survey of the aged care workforce reveals.
Unveiled at Parliament House in Canberra yesterday, the ANMF’s ‘Australia needs care you can count on’ campaign is calling on the federal government to deliver urgent reforms, including mandated staffing ratios and the prevention of workplace violence and aggression.
