MP's, Senators, and community leaders are being asked to pledge their support for quality aged care.
The BWC campaign are asking MP's and Senators to sign the Because We Care pledge for quality aged care. By signing the pledge, they will be supporting:
- the right mix of staff and skills;
- wages comparable to the public sector;
- more funding tied to wages and staffing;
- a focus on quality care.
Those who have signed the pledge already are:
- Laurie Ferguson MP - Federal Member for Werriwa
- Graham Perrett - Federal Member for Moreton, QLD
- Laura Smyth - Member for LaTrobe, Vic
- Gavin Marshall - Senator for Victoria
- Tony Windsor MP - Member for New England, NSW
- Mike Symon MP - Member for Deakin, Vic
- Rob Oakeshott MP - Member for Lyne, NSW
- John Hill - Minister for Health, SA
- Adam Bandt MP - Member for Melbourne, VIC
- Katy Gallagher - ACT Chief Minister/Minister for Health
- Jeremy Hanson - ACT Opposition Health Spokesperson
- Caroline le Couteur - ACT Greens Spokesperson
- Ed Husic MP - Member for Chifley, NSW
- Craig Thompson MP - Member for Dobell, NSW
- Doug Cameron - Senator for NSW
- Anna Burke MP - Member for Chisholm, Victoria
- Andrew Wilkie MP - Member for Denison, Tasmania
- Shayne Neumann MP - Member for Blair, Queensland
- Nick McKim - Leader of the Tasmanian Greens
- Dick James - Australian Independent Retirees
- Senator Carol Brown - Senator for Tasmania
- Lara Giddings - Premier of Tasmania (letter of support received)
- Jacquie Petrusma, State Liberal Member for Franklin (letter of support received)
- Paul O'Halloran, Shadow Spokesperson Health and Human Services - Tasmania
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