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
Facilitators
Natalie Siegel-Brown
Inspector-General of Aged Care
Natalie Siegel-Brown was appointed Inspector-General of Aged Care in January 2025. Natalie’s specialty is the human rights protection of vulnerable people, having recently worked as CEO of Child Wise, a non-profit organisation building child safe practice all over the world, as well as the Queensland Public Guardian, the statutory oversight body for child protection, youth justice, mental health and disability. She also provided legal intervention in cases of elder abuse. Natalie has worked across the NSW and Queensland Government’s leading public policy and service delivery in domestic and family violence, statutory child protection, ageing and disability. Natalie began as a lawyer with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. Her experience traverses various non-government organisations and the private sector, advising on social investment.
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 need to address diversity, including cultural and linguistic diversity, is present across all Strengthened Aged Care Standards and is clearly articulated in many of the outcomes. This webinar will outline how the broadened scope for diversity in the new Standards creates expectations for providers in meeting the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse individuals who use aged care services.
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A Positive Culture of Aged Care Rights for Everyone - The Aged Care Act’s Statement of Rights and Diversity
Facilitators
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.