Australia news live updates: tributes for Seekers singer Judith Durham; star rating system for aged care by year’s end, Anika Wells says

Australia remembers Seekers singer after death at 79. Follow the day’s news

Tributes to Judith Durham pour in

Tributes from Australians and overseas continue to come through in memory of singer Judith Durham who has died at age 79.

We need to do something to value aged care workers better and that starts with a pay rise.

It is for the commission to decide exactly what percentage the work value cases were, but [the government has] agreed that we will fund it no matter what the decision.

These reforms have to outlast us all and I know that I won’t be able to leave my office ... knowing that I have fixed aged care for once and for all, because it’s huge.

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