Rudd Government will amend the Age Discrimination Act 2004 to remove the 'dominant reason' test.
Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot today announced that the Rudd Government will amend the Age Discrimination Act 2004 to remove the 'dominant reason' test.
The current test means that a person's age must be the dominant reason for something to constitute discrimination under the Act. This is inconsistent with the other federal unlawful discrimination laws."Our view is that it is entirely unacceptable to give older Australians a weaker protection because of their age," Mr McClelland said.
This is another example of the Rudd Government’s commitment to older Australians, including the investment of record funding in aged and community care. This includes more than $40 billion for aged and community care; $28.6 billion of that on nursing homes and hostels alone. In 2008-2009, $2.2 billion will be spent on community care.
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SOURCE: AustraliaTO
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We should applaud the great move. However, when will the government act to make elder abuse a crime? Or, publicise the fact that elder abuse is NOT tolerable in our society. May be there are no elder abuse cases in Australia. Even the media are not interested in the issue, unless the case created sensational headlines like, " .... 95 year old, raped in nursing home.." Wake up, Australia.
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