MOTIONS

Senator ALLMAN-PAYNE (Queensland) (15:42): I move: That—the Senate: (a) notes that the Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT) is untested, structurally flawed and systematically under-assessing the care needs of older Australians, especially those living with mental health conditions, cognitive issues and frailty; and (b) calls on the Government to: (i) take immediate action to abolish the IAT, (ii) replace the IAT with a tested assessment system that is designed with clinical experts, (iii) ensure this new assessment system has guaranteeing the rights of older people as its first priority, and (iv) restore the role of clinical professionals in the assessment process and reinstate the ability for human override.

Question agreed to.