General Aged Care Act 2024 information
Read summary and explanation of the main amendments made to the new Act during the parliamentary process.
The Aged Care Act 2024 plain language fact sheet is available in 6 languages, and Easy Read. It gives a summary of each chapter of the new Act.
Read about key changes in the Act for aged care workers. The ACQSC also provides information on key changes related to the Act for aged care workers.
Working in Aged Care – Aged care reforms for aged care workers. Find out more about how reforms, including changes to the new Act, will impact you, where you can access supports and how you can get involved.
This visual outlines the main parts of the new Act and how they would together.
Subscribe to Working in Aged Care Update to receive monthly updates about the aged care reforms and information on the Act.
Subscribe to the ACQSC’s Quality Bulletin to receive monthly updates about changes affecting the aged care sector.
Complete e-learning to help you better understand the changes introduced in the new Act. You can now access Module 1 from the ACQSC’s online education platform Alis. A further 3 modules will be released before the end of 2025.
If you would prefer to not seek information via an eLearning module, the training content can be downloaded as a document and referred to when having conversations about the changes.
Read the Sector Change Plan to see what activities are underway to support the sector to transition to the new Act.
Read the ‘What is new or changing’ document to see what is new, what is changing and what is staying the same under the new Act.
Read the new Aged Care Act start update to see frequently asked questions about the deferred start date for the new Aged Care Act and the new Support At Home program.
Statement of Rights
This Statement of Rights plain language fact sheet is available in 6 languages and Easy Read. It provides a summary of the rights older people have when accessing aged care services.
Worker screening
Read about the changes you will need to consider to apply new aged care worker screening.
Aged Care Quality Standards
We are strengthening the Aged Care Quality Standards, understand what the changes mean to you.
Access the ACQSC’s Alis online learning platform to complete online learning modules about the Standards in practice.
Regulatory model
The new model for regulating aged care will change the way the sector operates.
Learn how the new regulatory model will work:
- read how the model will be delivered and regulated
- watch a recorded presentation on how the regulatory model will work, download the webinar questions and answers
- watch the follow up recorded presentation to answer questions directly.
The ACQSC has published their Regulatory Strategy providing information about how they regulate the aged care sector. A placemat is also available providing an overview of the Strategy for aged care workers.
Quality indicators
The new staffing quality indicators collection began in April this year, watch a presentation recording and download answers to commonly asked questions.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Read the Transforming Aged Care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people community booklet, Interim First Nations Aged Care Commissioner Andrea Kelly report to government summary.
Visit the First Nations Hub on the ACQSC's website to access information and resources to help you provide good, culturally safe aged care for First Nation’s older people.
Supported Decision Making
Under the new Aged Care Act, older people must be treated with respect and are presumed to have the ability to make decisions. If they want help to make decisions they can choose to have a registered supporter. Learn more about this role, what it replaces and what is staying the same.
Read about upcoming changes to support roles and relationships on the My Aged Care website to understand how older people can be supported to make their own decisions.
There is a guide that explains the transition of representative relationships to the new registered supporter role when the new Act commences and the role of registered supporters.
Whistleblower protections
The new Act will do more to protect whistleblowers – people who call out issues. Understand who you can report to and how.
Code of Conduct for Aged Care
Read about the Code of Conduct for Aged Care on the ACQSC's website to understand how you must behave and treat people receiving aged care.