Associate Health Minister, Casey Costello, will travel to Australia this week for meetings with the aged care sector in Melbourne, Canberra, and Sydney.
“Australia is our closest partner, so as we consider the changes necessary to make our system more effective and sustainable it makes sense to learn from its recent experience on aged care sector reform,” Ms Costello says.
The Minister will meet with Ageing Australia, visit aged care facilities across the three cities, and meet with Federal and State government organisations, including the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner and Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority. She will also meet with New Zealand aged care providers operating in both trans-Tasman markets.
“This visit also provides an opportunity for me to engage with my ministerial counterparts and their officials across my Customs, Seniors, and Associate Police and Associate Immigration portfolio responsibilities,” she says.
Minister Costello will meet with Victorian Minister for Police, Anthony Carbines; Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke; and New South Wales Minister for Seniors, Jodie Harrison during her visit.
She will also meet with the Commissioners of the Australia Federal Police, Australian Border Force, and the Australia Taxation Office to discuss their experience targeting transnational and serious organised crime.
