This proposal has 2 components to increase funding in the aged care system.

• Component 1 would uncap the total number of home care packages to ensure there is a maximum 30-day waiting period for home care packages.
• Component 2 would provide capped funding of $6 billion each year on an ongoing basis into a fund that would contribute to meeting the costs of:
  • increasing the hours of care provided to residents to 4 hours and 18 minutes of care per resident per day
  • introducing staff-to-resident ratios including a minimum of 1 registered nurse rostered on 24/7
  • increasing pay for aged care workers by 25% over 3 years
  • introducing minimum training and a national registration scheme for all personal care workers
  • strengthening governance, transparency and accountability requirements in the aged care system
  • ending the use of physical and chemical restraints in aged care.

The proposal would have effect from 1 July 2022.