What ever Tristan got his PhD in it most certainly couldn't have been math. Other wise he couldn't make such ridiculous demands about spending. The same goes for the royal commissioners. There is no way we could afford even a small percentage of the money they want to spend.

We have recently learned just how ridiculous is the money we pay senior management of the NDIS, at over a million PA for some of them, & how much over the top the payments to some recipients really is.

The pension is reasonable compensation for people who paid taxes all their lives, but things like the excessive NDIS & Gonski are certainty Gillard's revenge on those who refused to love her, & long are we likely to suffer fir it.

So how is it the Dutch are able to spend twice as much proportionately on Aged Care than we do?

Tristan Ewins,
I suppose the Dutch have Centuries of culture behind them to help them be competent & less self-serving managers ! I wonder what percentage their Public Service is ?
My guess is nowhere near the 42 or so % it is here !

From what I see on a regular basis, the problem of profiteering by nursing homes in Au, can be addressed by competition.

The competition should be driven by the public hospital system, a state government enterprise.

I say this, since I’ve long observed nursing homes used by hospitals to rid themselves of the long term iIl patients.

The standard of care in a hospital is fundamentally superior to their nursing home cousins. That is the fault line to jerk the nursing home industry into gear, and would qualify for big spending Government infrastructure investments.

Nursing homes should be an on the sidelines enterprise only. Not as they are now, where there are no options available for the dying aged.

And speaking of nursing homes, where is Alan B and runner, conspicuous by their absence.

Dan

No idea on Runner, tongue in cheek it may have something to do with him finally being punished for his bigotry displayed here on OLO!

As for Alan, I suspect he probably succumbed to Thorium poisoning, eating far too many bananas most likely.

Seriously I hope they are both well, I too miss their zealous posts.
Galen

What about all the Chinese aged care facilities that are being built by the Chinese for the Chinese? Especially in Sydney - Australia's first Chinese city.