HACC Reform
The Home and Community Care program is the major funder of Community Transport in Australia. As such proposed reforms to the program are of concern to the whole Community Transport industry. Right now there are negotiations going on at the Council for Australian Governements (COAG) about the future of aged care. One proposal is that the HACC program be divided into two with disability services going to the states and the aged care component becoming the sole responsibility of the Commonwealth.
Many people, including senior bureaucrats we are in touch with, have expressed concern about this. One scenario could see the Commonwealth drastically reducing the number of agencies delivering HACC services with contracts being given to a small number of Corporate Charities rather than to community based organisations as is common with HACC transport at present.
The intention of this page is to provide some background information to the debate and to keep you up to date with developments. If you hear of anything Contact Us.
If there is enough interest we will start a blog on the topic.
The Editor
Many people, including senior bureaucrats we are in touch with, have expressed concern about this. One scenario could see the Commonwealth drastically reducing the number of agencies delivering HACC services with contracts being given to a small number of Corporate Charities rather than to community based organisations as is common with HACC transport at present.
The intention of this page is to provide some background information to the debate and to keep you up to date with developments. If you hear of anything Contact Us.
If there is enough interest we will start a blog on the topic.
The Editor
PM announces transfer of HACC to Commonwealth
On the 12th of April the Prime Minister announced that the HACC program will be transferred to the sole control of the Commonwealth on July 2012.
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Federal Government flags takeover of HACC from States
According to this statement from the National Health and Hospitals Network the Commonwealth is to take responsibility for policy and funding of the HACC program (page 41).
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Commonwealth takeover of HACC
There is a up to date reference to the Commonwealth takeover of HACC in this article in the Australian Ageing Agenda.
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Aged care changes
This article by Michelle Grattan in the Age was one of the first to outline the proposed changes to the HACC program under which the program would be split between the States and the Commonwealth
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ACOSS Discussion Paper on COAG reform agenda
This is a discussion paper produced by ACOSS in 2008 intended to provide information about processes and directions for reform of Commonwealth/State relations and to identify reform opportunities
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NCOSS Submission to the NSW Public Accounts Committee Enquiry into HACC and Home Care |
NSW Public Accounts Committee Report on Inquiry into HACC
This is the report prepared by the NSW Parliament's Public Accounts Committee on their Inquiry into the HACC program. Page 62 contains comments about Community Transport
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Annual Report on the Home and Community Care program
This is the first Annual Report to be produced for the HACC program. It covers the year 2007-2008
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The HACC Act
This is the legislation that underpins the HACC program.
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