Component 1 – Progressively increase the number of places under the Home Care Packages Program over time, as follows:

• 15,000 Level 3 and 15,000 Level 4 packages would be added in the proposal’s first year
• 5,000 Level 3 and 5,000 Level 4 packages would be added in the proposal’s second year
• 5,000 Level 3 and 5,000 Level 4 packages would be added in the proposal’s third year.
• These changes would mean that a total of 50,000 additional ongoing packages would be provided from the third year of the proposal.

Component 2 – Provide capped funding of $3 billion evenly over four years into a fund that would contribute to meeting the cost of:

• increasing pay for aged care workers by 15 per cent over three years
• increasing the hours of care provided to each patient per day to four hours and eighteen minutes
• increasing staff-to-patient ratios to ensure an adequate level of care, including a minimum of one registered nurse rostered 24 hours per day, seven days per week
• monitoring mandatory reporting on the use of chemical and physical restraints in aged care facilities
• conducting a full independent review of the Aged Care Funding Instrument.

The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2019.