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New oversight commission to be created for aged-care sector

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Source: AAP

Age Discrimination Commissioner Kay Patterson has turned down calls for a royal commission into the aged-care sector, saying a new national body should be sufficient.


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By Samantha Beniac-Brooks

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Age Discrimination Commissioner Kay Patterson has turned down calls for a royal commission into the aged-care sector, saying a new national body should be sufficient.



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