The new Aged Care Act & Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Care Organisations

This paper is based on consultations with members of the Australian Association of
Gerontology (AAG) and AAG’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ageing Advisory Group (ATSIAAG), who are either providers or advocates working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs). In May 2025, AAG reached out to members and held an online drop-in session to gauge their sense of readiness and steps being taken to prepare for the incoming new Aged Care Act 2024 (at the time scheduled to take effect from 1 July 2025).

Since the postponement of the new Aged Care Act until 1 November 2025, AAG ATSIAAG members have voiced their support for the delayed implementation. Further follow-up with AAG ATSIAAG members has been incorporated into this paper, along with additional details in response to preliminary feedback from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing on the draft paper.