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Monday, 1 September 1997
Page: 7427

To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives assembled in Parliament.

The petition of certain citizens of Sydney calls to the attention of the house that the proposal to allow nursing homes to charge an entry free or bond discriminates against the most vulnerable frail and sick members of our community.

Your petitioners therefore request that the House forthwith abandon such proposals to permit the introduction of nursing home entry fees and to immediately restore full funding for capital assistance to nursing homes.

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