Older Australians

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [10.00 pm]: I rise to reflect on the life of Karen Merrin, who passed away yesterday morning after a long battle with cancer. Karen would be well known to many members of this place. She has left a significant legacy in this state, specifically in the community legal sector. I want to acknowledge so much of what Karen has done and her achievements. This information about Karen’s work in the sector is from the Community Legal Centres Association of Western Australia, which has written a very good obituary for Karen.

Motion

Resumed from 21 November on the following motion moved by Hon Alison Xamon —

That this house —

(1)  notes the growing ageing population increasingly looking for suitable accommodation options to facilitate ageing in place;

(2)  calls on the government to reform the Retirement Villages Act 1992 and associated subsidiary legislation as a matter of priority, particularly, but not limited to, strengthening provisions in the following areas —