{"id":15188,"date":"2021-02-23T12:04:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T01:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/?page_id=15188"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:42:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T02:42:38","slug":"your-petition-to-change-aged-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/development.uwu.org.au\/staging\/your-petition-to-change-aged-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Aged care workers petition"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"15188\" class=\"elementor elementor-15188\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-204a164a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"204a164a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-277609da sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"277609da\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInLeft&quot;,&quot;animation_mobile&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:200}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d5020b sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"30d5020b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-subtitle_33fc6c4d subtitle-style-decoration align-left sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"subtitle_33fc6c4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PETITION<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33fc6c4d title-style-decoration align-left sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33fc6c4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TELL SCOTT MORRISON: It's time to change Aged Care<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55dc7d08 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55dc7d08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; color: #5d5d5d; text-transform: none;\">We have all seen the terrible impact of short-staffing, heavy workloads and insecure jobs on the care and safety of older Australians.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; color: #5d5d5d; text-transform: none;\">Enough is enough.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 1em; color: #5d5d5d; text-transform: none;\">Sign this petition and tell Scott Morrison: it\u2019s time to Change Aged Care.<\/p><h3>WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT:<\/h3><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">Older Australians are not being kept safe in aged care.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">The Aged Care Royal Commission, released on Monday, found older Australians&#8217; care has been neglected in a system in crisis.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">But the Royal Commission&#8217;s recommendations threaten to leave older Australians without the quality care they desperately need.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">An incremental approach to increasing care time \u2013 lifting care time from current levels by a miserly 20 minutes \u2013 means older Australians will still miss out on the quality care needed.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">The lack of a clear recommendation on how the reforms should be financed also means older Australians will be hostage to political solutions rather than good policy.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">The response from the Federal Government so far is a Scott Morrison sales job with the heavy lifting pushed off to the Federal Budget.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">The Morrison Government must meet its responsibility to treat older Australians with dignity and respect.<\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\">Older Australians need a guaranteed amount of care time that is legally enforceable and meets their need for quality care.<\/p><h4 style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold;\">United Workers Union aged care member Ehying says:<\/span><\/h4><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><em>&#8220;We feel undervalued, we do this because we care &#8211; we deserve better.<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal;\"><em>&#8220;We need more respect for aged care workers, to give quality of time and quality of care.<\/em><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Residents deserve better, to live happily and have a better life.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-798c8e87 sc_column_fixed sc_inner_width_none sc_content_align_inherit 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">TAKE ACTION<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5685ddfc title-style-decoration align-left sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5685ddfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SIGN THE PETITION:<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79118a99 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-counter\" data-id=\"79118a99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"counter.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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