Associate Commissioner appointed to Productivity Commission
Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry, and Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, announced the appointment of Sue Macri as Associate Commissioner to the Productivity Commission inquiry into aged care in Australia.
Ms Macri will assist the Commission in its inquiry to develop options for further structural reform of the aged care system, so it can meet the challenges facing it in coming decades.
The inquiry will look at a broad range of issues, including:
- the social, clinical and institutional aspects of aged care in Australia, the interests of special needs groups;
- regulatory and funding options for residential and community aged care (including the Home and Community Care program); and
- the future workforce requirements of the aged care sector.
The Commission will consult widely with older Australians, their carers, aged care providers, government agencies and other interested parties.
Ms Macri has more than a decade of experience as a Director of Nursing/ chief executive officer in the private hospital system, and has represented the aged care industry at both a state and national level on Ministerial working parties, committees and reviews including the Macri Panel on Nursing Home Documentation and Accountability Report, the National Review of Nursing Education and the National Nursing and Nursing Education Taskforce.
The Commission will hold public hearings and release a draft report for public comment, before delivering a final report to the Government in April 2011.
