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Monday, 9 August 2004
Page: 32411

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

The undersigned of this petition wish to inform the members of the House of Representatives:

Australia is facing the imminent collapse of the aged and community care system as we know it, due to the increasing shortfall between the income available to deliver aged and community services and the rising cost of delivering those services,

Your Petitioners therefore ask the House of Representatives to:

Replace the current system of indexing pricing in the aged and community care sector with a system which reflects the true increases in the costs of running aged and community care services.

Immediately inject $10 per day, per bed to restore the existing viability of residential care services.

Provide a 10 per cent increase in the prices paid for community care to ensure viability of these important services, which help keep our elderly and disabled in their own homes.

by Mr Gibbons (from 179 citizens)
by Mr Ruddock (from 36 citizens)