Aged Care

The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a motion introduced by Franklin MP Julie Collins (Labor), which means it failed. The motion would have suspended the usual procedural rules - known as standing orders - to allow another vote to take place.

Motion text

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Franklin from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:

(1) notes that:

(a) reports in this morning's News Corp newspapers that up to 100 older Australians are being assaulted in residential aged care every week;

(b) that number could be up to ten times higher;

(c) it will have taken more than four years for the government to establish a Serious Incident Response Scheme, after it was recommended by the Australian Law Reform; and

(d) aged care is clearly and unambiguously a Commonwealth responsibility, and the Prime Minister must take urgent action to fix this;

(2) invites the Prime Minister to attend the chamber and make a statement on this matter.