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We've had 20 aged care reviews in 20 years – will the royal commission be any different?

  • Written by Jane Phillips, Director of IMPACCT, Professor of Palliative Nursing, University of Technology Sydney
We've had 20 aged care reviews in 20 years – will the royal commission be any different?Previous reviews into aged care have come up with findings sure to be repeated in the royal commission.rawpixel unsplash

Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is one of more than 20 such inquiries into aged care stemming back to 1997. This latest inquiry, announced on Sunday, will no doubt...