$890 million a year funds the aged care regulator. In return: just 23% of safety violations led to enforcement. Serious problems sat unresolved for 14 months on average. Providers marked their own homework in 71% of cases — no independent checks. With $34 billion in aged care funding at stake, this is regulation that protects nobody.
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$890.0M of Australian taxpayer money was wasted at Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. $890 million a year funds the aged care regulator. In return: just 23% of safety violations led to enforcement. Serious problems sat unresolved for 14 months on average. Providers marked their own homework in 71% of cases — no independent checks. With $34 billion in aged care funding at stake, this is regulation that protects nobody.
Spread across Australia's 10.8 million households, that's roughly $82 per family — enough in total for paying the annual salary of 10,471 nurses.
The ANAO audit found that despite spending $890 million on regulation, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission could not demonstrate measurable improvement in aged care quality outcomes. Of 412 non-compliance findings, only 23% resulted in enforcement action. Provider self-assessments were accepted without independent verification in 71% of cases, undermining the entire regulatory framework. With $34.2 billion in aged care program expenditure at stake, ineffective regulation represents a significant accountability gap.
Force the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to prove its $890M spend is delivering measurable outcomes or restructure the regulatory model.
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