Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and another

The majority voted against a Greens amendment to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). This means the usual motion will remain unchanged.

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add “, but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety recommended that no person with disability under the age of 65 should remain living in residential aged care from 2025,

(ii) while the Government accepted this recommendation, this bill retains in the Aged Care Act 2024 a formalised pathway to place people under 65 in aged care, and

(iii) as of 31 March 2025, there are 959 people aged under 65 in residential aged care, this cohort includes disabled people who should not be in residential aged care and instead should be receiving NDIS supports to enable them to exit residential aged care; and

(b) calls on the Government to implement the recommendation of the Royal Commission and ensure no disabled person under the age of 65 remains in residential aged care”.