Name: Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee
Uploaded: 2026-09-24T02:45:00+00:00
Duration: 8760 s

Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee

24 September 2026

Contents updated on 24 Sept 2026

The Chair opens the aged care amendment hearing, sets procedural parameters, and takes evidence from Professors Yates and Eagar, who argue Schedule 4’s IAT-based classification and priority model is methodologically flawed, sidelines clinical judgment, and misdirects policy towards budget control rather than safe, needs-based support at home, under questioning from Senators Allman-Payne and Ruston on equity, eligibility and the limits of the proposed escalation pathway.

Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Thu, 24 Sept 2026 Australian Parliament

16:08 - 17:29

Speaker 7

Community Affairs Legislation Committee's inquiry into the Aged Care Amendment Bill, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Care Commissioner and other measures Bill. We are joined this morning by Professors Kathy Eagar and Ian Yates. Thank you for making time, particularly on such short notice, to give evidence to the inquiry today. I understand that information on parliamentary privilege and the protection and obligations of witnesses has been provided to you. I understand also that, I remind senators of their obligations under the behavior code for parliamentarians.

And I remind everybody who is appearing, well we're all appearing by teleconference today, or video conference today, to mute your microphones when you are not speaking. I will begin by asking both Professor Yates and Professor Eagar to just state your full name and the capacity in which you appear today, and then we'll proceed to opening statements. Professor Yates, I'll begin with you.

17:29 - 17:40

Speaker 4

Ian Garth Yates, former Acting Inspector General of Aged Care, former Chief Executive of COTA Australia for two decades, and many other roles that I won't go through.

17:40 - 17:42

Speaker 1

Thank you very much. Professor Eagar.

The rest of the transcript is for Pro customers

Unlock the full transcript, chat, and every analysis feature with Polyfact Pro.