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8 July 2014

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Bird lover facing bullying backlash THE clue to the passion of Paris Yves is contained on her business card: Parrot Productions - bird behaviourist, animal activist. The logo at the bottom of the card states “Wonderful world of non human animals�. Ms Yves, of Mt Eliza, offers free bird behaviour advice so that their owners can rest assured their pets are not suffering through a lonely, unnatural and unethical life. Although well intentioned, Ms Yves is upsetting people, mainly those who breed and sell birds. Quick to let the authorities know about any transgression of the law or cruelty being shown to birds, Ms Yves latest target is raising more than a few feathers among bird collectors and breeders. She says complaints she lodged last month about an annual “bird sale and expo� at Skye have led to her being bullied, but not bowed. ‘Accusations over bird sale’, Page 3

Best of friends: Bird behaviourist and animal activist Paris Yves with her cockatiel Jazzi. Picture: Yanni

New era in aged care dawns Chris Brennan chris@mpnews.com.au REPRESENTATIVES of 30 Mornington Peninsula aged care providers last week attended a specially convened meeting with Assistant Minister for Social Services Senator Mitch Fifield to voice their concerns over sweeping federal government changes to the aged care sector.

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Federal member for Dunkley Bruce Billson invited Senator Fifield to brief the gathering of senior executives representing aged care centres across the peninsula following implantation of a range of “user pays� changes to sector. The national Living Longer, Living Better aged care reforms, which came into force on 1 July, could see some elderly residents of aged-care homes pay up to 50 per cent more in fees. The most significant change is a new

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means-test to determine each resident’s “fair contribution, if any, to their care and accommodation, based on both their assets and income�, Senator Fifield said. The new means-test arrangements will also apply to home care. Other changes include more home care packages to help older people stay in their own homes, more choice to pay for accommodation and services, such as daily payments and refundable de-

posits, and transparent accommodation prices and services, with all residential aged-care providers required to publish the maximum amount they charge. No one will pay more than $25,000 a year or a $60,000 lifetime fee for means-tested residential care, while family homes will be exempt from the means test if there is a spouse or other protected person still living there. The changes have been largely welcomed by the sector, however ques-

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tions have been asked over the suddenness of the policy’s introduction, with service providers scrambling to get “up to speed�. Mr Billson said the round table provided a “great opportunity� for the peninsula’s for-profit and not-for-profit aged care providers to bring “important matters� to the attention of Senator Fifield. Continued Page 10

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