Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 and Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
Submission Date: 12 August 2025
The Law Council of Australia provided a submission to provide feedback to the Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs inquiry into the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 and the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025.
In the Law Council's previous submissions on the Aged Care Bills—on 13 March 2024 to the Department of Health and Aged Care on the Exposure Draft Bill of the Aged Care Bill 2023,1 and on 16 October 2024 to this Committee on the Aged Care Bill 20242—the Law Council noted the importance of taking the time to consult on the proposed legislation. Reforming the aged care system is a complex and critical endeavour that requires careful consideration and thorough consultation with stakeholders and the public to ensure the proposed laws work as effectively and efficiently as possible.
The Law Council appreciates that many of the proposed amendments are technical and consequential amendments to bring Commonwealth legislation in line with aged care reforms due to commence on 1 November 2025. The Law Council takes the opportunity to refer to the Law Council’s Best Practice Legislative Development Checklist, published on 21 July 2025, which represents best practice for design, consultation and impact assessment of the legislative development process.3
The Law Council thanks the National Elder Law and Succession Law Committee for their input and guidance on the matters set out in the submission.
1 Law Council of Australia, A new Aged Care Act: Exposure Draft – Consultation Paper No. 2 (13 March 2024).
2 Law Council of Australia, Aged Care Bill 2024 (16 October 2024).
3 Law Council of Australia, Best Practice Legislative Development Checklist (21 July 2025).
Last Updated on 19/08/2025
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