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Question put:
That the motion (Ms Szuty's) be agreed to.
The Assembly voted -
AYES, 3 NOES, 14
Mr Moore Mr Berry
Mr Stevenson Mrs Carnell
Ms Szuty Mr Connolly
Mr Cornwell
Mr De Domenico
Ms Ellis
Ms Follett
Mrs Grassby
Mr Humphries
Mr Kaine
Mr Lamont
Ms McRae
Mr Westende
Mr Wood
Question so resolved in the negative.
SOCIAL POLICY - STANDING COMMITTEE
Report on Aged Accommodation and Support Services
MS ELLIS (11.41): Madam Speaker, I present the Standing Committee on Social Policy Report No. 2 entitled "Aged Accommodation and Support Services in the ACT", together with extracts of the minutes of proceedings. I move:
That the report be noted.
Madam Speaker, it is with some pride that I present the report of the Standing Committee on Social Policy's inquiry into aged accommodation and support services in the ACT. At the beginning of our inquiry, Madam Speaker, I believe, we may not have fully understood the number of fundamental human issues that are involved with aged accommodation. I believe, however, that these issues have been fully examined through the process of the inquiry.
The inquiry was particularly useful, Madam Speaker, for many reasons. Firstly, it raised awareness within the Canberra community of the needs of the aged in our society. Canberra has always been regarded as a young city; but, in fact, we have a continually growing aged population in our community. Canberra, like any other city or town in the country, can sometimes display a certain bias against our older citizens, quite unwittingly. I believe that any inquiry of this nature, which incidentally works towards combating this bias and raising the profile of our older citizens, is a very good thing. This inquiry, Madam Speaker, was never intended to be an examination of purely bricks and mortar, or indeed an exercise in counting hospital, nursing home or hostel beds. It was aimed at far more than that, as is evidenced in our 26 recommendations.
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