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• Home care packages delayed as staff shortages ravage aged care sector

  19-04-2022 19:30
  
  Despite the release of 80,000 extra packages, thousands of people are still waiting for adequate in-home careFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Download the free Guardian app; get our morning email briefingAged care providers say the sector’s staffing crisis is so acute that services cannot be delivered to people relying on home care in some areas.The federal government last year pledged $6.5bn to fund an extra 80,000 home care packages to alleviate the huge unmet d
  
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• Aged care workers across Australia vote to take industrial action

  19-04-2022 03:01
  
  Union says vote overwhelmingly supports action that could include strikes and is likely to occur before federal electionGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAged care workers across the country have voted to take industrial action over acute staff shortages and continuing low rates of pay, and their union says the mood for strike action prior to the election is “very strong”.The United Workers Union says members at five aged care providers collectively employing 7,000
  
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