Natalie Siegel-Brown, the Commissioner of Social Policy with the Productivity Commission and a Board Director at Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia (ADA Australia), is replacing Ian Yates AM, who has been Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care.
Ms Siegel-Brown has held senior public policy and service delivery roles in domestic and family violence, statutory child protection, and ageing and disability in the Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australian and Victorian Governments. She holds a Master of Politics and Public Management, Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts and an Executive Leadership Certificate from Harvard Business School.
She will take on the role, which has an annual salary of more than $444,000, in January 2025 for a term of four years and nine months that will conclude in October 2029.
Ian was instrumental in establishing the Office of the IGAC, and was Interim IGAC from 30 January 2023, and then Acting IGAC from 16 October 2023.
The Office of the IGAC's role is to oversee the Government’s administration, governance and regulation of aged care, as well as monitoring and intelligence-gathering to identify systemic issues and make recommendations for change.
“We’re making some big changes to aged care in Australia, and the role of Inspector-General of Aged Care has never been more important as we deliver this once-in-a-generation reform," said Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells.
Earlier this month, the Office of the Inspector-General released a submission on the reforms in the Aged Care Bill, saying they do not meet the expectations set down by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
