Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

What it says is that we have been able to successfully build that system, and we've done it by investing in the needs of our aged-care workers. We've delivered and supported them. We've also been able, through the additional funding of $850 million right across the aged-care system, to help underpin the viability of those facilities at a difficult time for aged-care facilities, which makes certain the wages of those aged-care workers, no matter what particular role they have, as well as providing the supplement to those whose health was directly at risk and to those whose likelihood, from around the world, was that they were most at risk of leaving the work or facing the health risks. So that's what we've done.

The net result is we've been able to maintain the safety of our aged-care residents. That's the first task. We've been able to support them. We've been able to keep going, and all of these things have meant our workers have been safe, our residents have been safe and the system has been viable. That is one of Australia's great achievements during the course of the pandemic. (Time expired)

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