The budget includes $7.3 million to get more young people out of aged care homes. Is it enough?

  • Written by: Di Winkler, Adjunct Associate Professor, La Trobe University
The budget includes $7.3 million to get more young people out of aged care homes. Is it enough?Shutterstock

Just over three years ago, then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the federal government would finally solve the issue of young people with disability having to live in nursing homes. The government developed a strategy and committed to getting all young people out of aged care facilities by 2025.

This week, NDIS (National Disability...

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