Our Next Priorities: Sector-Wide Survey Results
Monday 22 December, 2025
HSU members have spoken! The results from the sector-wide HSU Aged Care survey are here. Your workplace delegates met for an Aged Care Planning Day in October to discuss your responses and feedback on what our next campaigns should focus on.
- For a summary of the agreed priorities, click here
- To view the full minutes from the Delegates Planning Day, click here
- To see how you can get involved and register your interest, click here
Wishing all members a safe and restful holiday season. We head into the new year stronger than ever in our fight to transform Aged Care for all workers, residents and their families.
Contents of below poster -
Members across NSW, ACT and QLD shared their vision for a better Aged Care system by completing a sector-wide union survey. Workplace deletes met to discuss the survey results at a Planning Day to determine the next HSU campaigns for better wages and conditions.
Main Takeaways -
Leave - Aged care in 2030 must deliver fair and enforceable leave, including portable long service leave, to support retention and workplace sustainability.
Pay - Aged care in 2030 must deliver fair, secure and permanent wages for all workers - including support services - that properly recognise skill, experience and responsibility across the workplace.
Staffing - Aged care in 2030 requires safe, enforceable staffing levels with transparent reporting of care minutes to ensure accountability and consistent, dignified care.
Training - Aged care in 2030 depends on paid, high-quality training that supports workers to upskills and progress in long-term careers in the sector.
Do you know someone who isn’t an HSU member? Encourage them to join our Union today and have a say at work. We are always stronger when we stand together.
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