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• Australia’s aged care fees are under review. Will wealthy people have to pay more?

  12-03-2024 08:41 via theguardian.com
  
  An expert panel has recommended people with a lot of super contribute more to aged care – but the government may not respond any time soonThe long-awaited report of the government-appointed aged care taskforce has recommended wealthier Australians be expected to tap into their superannuation balances to pay for more, in a bid to keep the system sustainably funded.While the government is urged to remain the “major funder” of aged care, the expert panel said older Australians are
  
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• Rape and sexual harassment reported by foreign care workers across UK

  12-03-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Multiple cases of abuse and exploitation have been documented, but many staff feel ‘powerless to complain’ for fear of losing the right to work in the countryA foreign care worker says she was repeatedly raped by her manager but felt unable to report him to the police for fear of losing her right to work, in a case that exposes the way the UK’s visa system for health and care workers leaves people completely dependent on their employer.The case is one of more than 170 examples
  
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• A Medicare-style levy would guarantee all Australians the right to aged care when we need it | Sarah Holland-Batt

  12-03-2024 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The government-appointed taskforce has failed to mount a convincing argument why a modest financial contribution across a lifetime shouldn’t extend to aged careThe aged care royal commissioners were notably split on a number of key issues, but on one principle they were united. Older Australians should not be required to contribute to their cost of care, nor should care be means tested.Instead, commissioner Tony Pagone wrote, every Australian should “contribute towards the financing
  
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