Inquiries and Royal Commissions are ways that Parliaments investigate matters of public importance. The Alliance has participated in numerous inquiries and Royal Commissions related to disability at the Commonwealth, state and territory levels to help the government and community better hear the voice of young people with complex needs and take notice of what they want.
Check out The Vault on this website to read submissions we have made and evidence we have given.
2018: Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was established on 8 October 2018 to inquire into the quality of aged care services in Australia, whether those services were meeting the needs of the community, and how they could be improved in the future.
While the ultimate goal was to improve the health and wellbeing of elderly Australians in aged care part of the commission was to review the quality and safety of care for young people with disabilities living in aged care homes, including:
the extent to which these services meet peoples’ needs
the extent of substandard care, including mistreatment and all forms of abuse
While recognising the evolutionary nature of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), the Young People In Nursing Homes National Alliance believes the NDIS Bill 2012 needed to build key features into the Scheme design to meet the requirements of both the launch phase, longer term operation and community expectation.
YPINH Responses to the Senate Inquiry into the National Disability insurance Scheme
2010: Productivity Commission Inquiry into Disability Support and Care
The Alliance successfully lobbied the Federal Government for the Productivity Commission to conduct an inquiry into Disability Care and Support. The Productivity Commission’s report, titled Disability Care and Support, has helped shape the development of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the National Injury Insurance Scheme (NIIS).
YPINH Responses to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Disability Support and Care
While the YPINH issue was only one of the Inquiry’s 5 terms of reference, the response was so overwhelming that the Inquiry became a de facto inquiry into the YPINH issue. Of the 243 submissions received a record to that point for submissions to Senate Inquiries most addressed the YPINH issue. In tabling their report to the Federal Parliament, four of the five Senators addressing the parliament spoke only of the YPINH issue and the impact it had made on them.
The Alliance made an initial submission to the Inquiry and, following review of comment delivered at the Inquiry’s public hearings, made a second submission that examined solutions.
The results of the Senate Inquiry into Aged Care and the attention the YPINH issue had received through the Alliance’s national media campaign provided the impetus for the COAG’s 2006 announcement of the Younger People In Residential Aged Care initiative.
The Alliance made an inital submission, and following review of comment delivered at the Inquiry’s public hearings, made a second submission that examined solutions.
