Changing the aged care conversation
Higher consumer contributions don’t need a Budget to be implemented – but the aged care sector does need to support a national conversation moving forward.
WORDS BY LAUREN BROOMHAM

The 9 May Budget presents the perfect opportunity for the Federal Government to present a framework for how it will
fund the aged care system into the future – including consumer contributions – but it will need the backing of the sector to drive the discussion.

This week has seen yet more headlines of aged care providers accused of ‘cr