We only learned of the Commonwealth Government’s plans to call for tenders for the operation of Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACATs) in January 2020. These would have effectively abolished the trusted, tried and tested system of advice and approval for ...

The federal aged care minister says states and territories would be responsible for proposed aged care assessment teams. There has been speculation the government was looking to privatise the watchdog, but Richard Colbeck has told a Senate estimates hearing the ...

The Government announced on Friday that it will abandon its controversial plans to privatise the ACAT assessment process. A communiqué released from the COAG Health Council meeting said: “The Commonwealth has confirmed that it is not proceeding with the current ...

The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has taken the extraordinary step of releasing a statement contradicting claims by aged care minister Richard Colbeck that suggested the commission recommended privatisation of the ACAT assessment process. Since November, media ...