The form asks you for ‘your grounds for requesting a reconsideration’. This means, why you think the decision the Commission made was wrong. Your grounds need to be more than telling us it wasn’t the decision you wanted. You need to explain why you think our decision was wrong. 

Some examples of grounds for reconsideration are:

• There’s important new information that wasn’t available to the original decision-maker. You think the information is likely to change the decision. For example, you might have hired someone with extensive clinical experience in aged care who will be a leader and responsible person in your organisation.
• You think the original decision-maker didn’t consider all of the available information. And you think that if they had, their decision would have been different.
• There’s a change of circumstances in your organisation. It’s a change that you think fixes the original decision-maker’s concerns. 

The form also has a section for you to say why you think we should change our decision. When you complete this section, you should:

• give your reasons, explain them, and be specific
• describe your supporting evidence
• link your supporting evidence to your reasons (say which part of your reasoning the supporting evidence relates to). 

You should not submit a revised application form or revised policies without clearly explaining how the revisions are relevant to the decision you’re asking us to reconsider.