ACSA Royal Commission Library

Here you will find all current ACSA documents relating to the Royal Commission, as well as an archive of the documents prepared since the Royal Commission was established.
 

Royal Commission Final Report

• Download the Royal Commission Final Report: Care, Dignity and Respect
• Frequently Asked Questions about the Final Report
• Australian Aged Care Collaboration media release: Royal Commission provides opportunity to 'fix' the aged care system for ever
• Government response: Respect, care and dignity Aged Care Royal Commission, $425M immediate response
• Royal Commission media release: Final Report calls for fundamental and systemic aged care reform

ACSA Analysis of the Final Report

• ACSA's general overview of the final report: Powerpoint deck from ACSA's Symposium (17 March)
• ACSA's analysis of the final report recommendations (5 March)
• ACSA's analysis of the final report: Initial Summary (1 March)
• ACSA's summary of media coverage (2 March)

Royal Commission Interim Report & Publications

You can access the Royal Commission Interim Report, Special Report into COVID-19, and research papers on the Royal Commission website.
 

ACSA Royal Commission Member Communications

Past ACSA Member Updates relating to the Royal Commission (including Webinar recordings) can be accessed here.
 

ACSA Witness Statements and Submissions

• Witness Statement, ACSA CEO Patricia Sparrow (Feb 2019)
• ACSA Submission: Home Care (Apr 2019)
• ACSA Submission: Residential Care (May 2019)
• ACSA Submission: Aged Care Program Redesign: Services for the Future (Jan 2020)
• ACSA Submission: System Governance (Jul 2020)
• ACSA Submission: Financing Aged Care (Aug 2020)
• ACSA Submission: Capital Financing for Residential Aged Care (Oct 2020)
• ACSA Submission: Response to Counsel Assisting's Final Submissions, Part 1 and Part 2 (Nov 2020)

Royal Commission Hearings

ACSA's Policy Position Summary and past Hearing Overviews can be accessed in the ACSA Archive.