Obtaining an ACAT assessment varies widely from state to state and region to region, as revealed in an answer to a parliamentary question:
Tasmania 14 days
Western Australia 17 days
Victoria 24 days
Northern Territory 24 days
ACT 24 days
New South Wales 32 days
Queensland 35 days
shortest time was in the Southwest WA at six days and the longest was the Hunter (NSW) at 69 days.
The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates
Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes.