Cultural Diversity in Ageing Webinar Series 2025-2026
The online Cultural Diversity in Ageing Webinar Series 2025-26 aims to engage staff working within the aged care sector in Australia with skills and knowledge to work effectively with culturally and linguistically diverse individuals, their families, carers, and advocates.
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The Cultural Diversity in Ageing Webinar Series 2025-26 involves a range of topics relevant to culturally inclusive practice and care and is designed for all staff working in the aged care sector in Australia.
On this page, you can read about and register for webinars as part of the Cultural Diversity in Ageing Webinar Series 2025-26.
You can also visit the Cultural Diversity in Ageing Webinar Series 2024-2025,Cultural Diversity in Ageing Interactive Webinar Series 2023-24, 2022-23 Diversity Webinar Series and 2022 Diversity Webinar Series pages for recordings and slides from past presentations.
All webinars can be counted as time spent relating to Continuing Professional Development for Nurses to meet the CPD registration standard.
New Aged Care Standards for Diversity - Expectations for Providers
Speakers
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Natalie Siegel-Brown
Inspector-General of Aged Care
Natalie Siegel-Brown was appointed Inspector-General of Aged Care in January 2025 after almost three years as a Commissioner with the Productivity Commission. Natalie’s professional life as a lawyer began with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Natalie’s specialty is the human rights protection and empowerment of vulnerable people. She has worked across the NSW and Queensland Governments leading public policy and service delivery in domestic and family violence, statutory child protection, ageing and disability and was also the Queensland Public Guardian, with statutory oversight for a range of vulnerable persons across areas such as child protection, youth justice, mental health and disability. She was a co-author of a National Child Sexual Assault Prevention Framework. In more recent years, Natalie was CEO of Child Wise, a non-profit organisation building worldwide child safe practice.
Date: Tuesday 9 September 2025
Time: 2pm to 3pm (Melbourne time)
Location: Online
Cost: Free
Intended Audience: Aged Care Professionals, Managers and Boards
Outline of the webinar: The webinar will outline further the fundamental shift in thinking that is required to ensure that all older people experience high quality aged care. New system settings in the legislation both explicitly and inherently drive culturally and linguistically inclusive services. Our two presenters will provide their perspectives from extensive consultation with older people including aged care consumers on how providers need to understand high quality care as a concept set out in the Act and identify and design out systemic ageism if they are to genuinely meet intent of the Strengthened Standards.
Hosted by Paul Zanatta, Manager of the Centre for Cultural Diversity in Ageing, the live webinar will also provide participants an opportunity to engage in a Question-and-Answer session with the presenters.
A Positive Culture of Aged Care Rights for Everyone - The Aged Care Act’s Statement of Rights and Diversity
Speakers
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Liz Hefren-Webb
Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner
Liz Hefren-Webb has led social policy initiatives across the Commonwealth for almost 30 years, and currently serves as the Commissioner for Aged Care Quality and Safety, with responsibility for national regulation of Commonwealth funded aged care services. Prior to taking up the Commissioner role in January 2025, Liz was the Deputy Secretary (Social Policy) in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet where she drove reforms to major social policy systems such as aged and disability care, Medicare, and education.
Date: Monday 11 August 2025
Time: 2pm to 3pm (Melbourne time)
Location: Online
Cost: Free
Intended Audience: Aged Care Professionals, Managers and Boards
Outline of the Webinar: A foundational change for Australia’s aged care system is placement of the rights of older people at the centre of the new Aged Care Act (2024). This webinar will explore the benefits of the repositioning and strengthening of rights for individuals who access and use our aged care system and the strengthened obligations placed upon providers regarding people from diverse communities.
This webinar has ended. A recording of the webinar will be available shortly.