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Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Reporting burden
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 82% attendance
7th Nov 2024, 1:23 PM – Representatives Aged Care Bill 2024, Aged Care Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 - Consideration in Detail - Advisory bodies
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of a government amendment to remove the subclauses set out below, which means those subclauses will no longer be part of the bill.
Amendment text
(1) Clause 158, page 167 (line 26) to page 168 (line 18), omit subclauses (5) to (7).
Subclauses (5) to (7)
158 Advisory body requirements
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(5) It is a condition of registration that a registered provider of a kind prescribed by the rules must offer, in accordance with any requirements prescribed by the rules, aged care workers of the provider the opportunity to establish a body (the quality care worker voice body ) to:
(a) give responsible persons of the provider feedback about the quality of the funded aged care services delivered by the provider; and
(b) give responsible persons of the provider feedback on any other matters prescribed by the rules; and
(c) work collaboratively with the responsible persons and governing body of the provider to address any such feedback.
Note: A person may make a complaint to the Complaints Commissioner about compliance with this Act: see section 361.
(6) If a quality care worker voice body is established, a registered provider must require the governing body of the provider to:
(a) comply with any requirements regarding membership of the body and the terms and conditions of members of the body prescribed by the rules; and
(b) consider feedback given by the body when making decisions in relation to the quality of the funded aged care services delivered by the provider; and
(c) advise, in writing, the body how the governing body considered such feedback.
(7) It is a condition of registration that the registered provider must, if requested to do so by a quality care worker voice body, give the body information about the quality of the funded aged care services delivered by the provider.
Votes Passed by a large majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Greens (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 4 No | |
| Adam Bandt Melbourne | No | |
| Stephen Bates Brisbane | No | |
| Max Chandler-Mather Griffith | No | |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown Ryan | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (52% turnout) | 40 Yes – 0 No | |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah Higgins | Yes | |
| Jodie Belyea Dunkley | Yes | |
| Matt Burnell Spence | Yes | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Yes | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | Yes | |
| Mary Doyle Aston | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Cassandra Fernando Holt | Yes | |
| Carina Garland Chisholm | Yes | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | Yes | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Yes | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Yes | |
| Tania Lawrence Hasluck | Yes | |
| Jerome Laxale Bennelong | Yes | |
| Sam Lim Tangney | Yes | |
| Louise Miller-Frost Boothby | Yes | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | Yes | |
| Sam Rae Hawke | Yes | |
| Gordon Reid Robertson | Yes | |
| Dan Repacholi Hunter | Yes | |
| Tracey Roberts Pearce | Yes | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Yes | |
| Marion Scrymgour Lingiari | Yes | |
| Sally Sitou Reid | Yes | |
| David Smith Bean | Yes | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | Yes | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Yes | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | Yes | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Absent | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Absent | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Absent | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | Absent | |
| Alison Byrnes Cunningham | Absent | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Absent | |
| Andrew Charlton Parramatta | Absent | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Absent | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Absent | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | Absent | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Absent | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | Absent | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Absent | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | Absent | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Absent | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | Absent | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Absent | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Absent | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Absent | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Absent | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Absent | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas Swan | Absent | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | Absent | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Absent | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Absent | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Absent | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Absent | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Absent | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Absent | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Absent | |
| Kate Chaney Curtin Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare Independent | Yes | |
| Dai Le Fowler Independent | Yes | |
| Sophie Scamps Mackellar Independent | Yes | |
| Allegra Spender Wentworth Independent | Yes | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | Yes | |
| Zoe Daniel Goldstein Independent | No | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Monique Ryan Kooyong Independent | No | |
| Kylea Tink North Sydney Independent | No | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (0% turnout) | Absent | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Absent | |
| Colin Boyce Flynn | Absent | |
| Cameron Caldwell Fadden | Absent | |
| Garth Hamilton Groom | Absent | |
| Henry Pike Bowman | Absent | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Absent | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Absent | |
| Andrew Willcox Dawson | Absent | |
| Terry Young Longman | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (6% turnout) | 2 Yes – 0 No | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Yes | |
| Keith Wolahan Menzies | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Absent | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Absent | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Absent | |
| David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Absent | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Absent | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Absent | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Absent | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Absent | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Simon Kennedy Cook | Absent | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Absent | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Absent | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Absent | |
| Zoe McKenzie Flinders | Absent | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Absent | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Absent | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Absent | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Absent | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Absent | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Absent | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Absent | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Absent | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Absent | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| Aaron Violi Casey | Absent | |
| Jenny Ware Hughes | Absent | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Absent | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Absent | |
| National Party (8% turnout) | 1 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| Sam Birrell Nicholls | Absent | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Absent | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Absent | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Absent | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Absent | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Absent | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Absent | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (39% turnout) | 51 Yes – 8 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.