Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people only are invited to apply for the Department’s interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner. 

Previously announced in the May Budget with $1.6 million in funding, the interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner role aims to provide a strong and authentic voice to the Australian Government about aged care services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.   

The role will: 

• consult with older First Nations people, their families, carers and communities;
• engage with sector-wide reforms to help remove barriers and improve aged care services for First Nations peoples, and 
• advise Government on the design and functions of a permanent Commissioner role in the aged care system. 

“Knowledge of the aged care system and the issues impacting First Nations peoples who require, or seek access to, or receive aged care services,” is highly desired. 

“Knowledge of contemporary approaches to regulation and governance of complex systems.”

Applications must arrive by 11:30am on 6 September.