ANALYSIS: A crucial change was blocked on the last day of Parliament in 2019 — but few noticed
Sydney's streets were thick with smoke as the blazes took hold on December 5 last year. That may explain why few noticed or cared about the final sitting day in Canberra.
Unlike hospital and child care centres, aged care facilities can employ as few staff as they like because there are no staff-to-resident ratios in nursing homes.
It might seem an odd choice for Pauline Hanson, who has previously rallied against the aged care sector for"rorting and malpractice", but it shouldn't be surprising that the Government voted it down.The aged care industry has been successfully lobbying governments for years. The influence of the industry through government committees, thinktanks and policies is well known and is being rightly questioned at the royal commission.
In the ABC's biggest crowd-sourced investigation, current and former aged care workers reveal the chronic neglect, mistreatment and understaffing in facilities across the country.
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