Media Release - Australian College of Nursing

Australian College of Nursing welcomes ALP promise to put registered nurses into aged care facilities on a 24-hour basis

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s pledge in his Budget Reply Speech tonight to put nurses into residential aged care facilities on a 24-hour basis. Currently there is no mandatory or legislated requirement for a registered nurse on duty in Australian residential aged care facilities. “I welcome Mr Albanese’s Budget…