House debates

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Aged Care

3:09 pm

Photo of Scott MorrisonScott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The sorcerer's apprentice, the Deputy Prime Minister refers to him as!

When funding goes up every year by a billion dollars and more, that's a good thing. That is what has been happening with aged-care funding in this country. That's why the number of in-home aged-care places has risen from 60,000 to more than 150,000 under our government and will continue to increase. That's why the number of residential aged-care places and the funding for residential aged-care places have increased under our government. That is why we have put in place the aged-care quality commissioner. That is why we have continued to support reforms in the aged-care sector and, in particular—

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