Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health and Aged Care) | Hansard source

I thank the member for her question. In particular, in relation to workforce bonus payments, $600 million has been made available across four payments to our aged-care workers. That includes three payments which have already been made. The current payments are being made. That $600 million is for those who have retained and stayed in the working period during the course of the pandemic. Those aged-care workers have been fantastic, and that is why we've had not just one, not just two and not just three, but we are now entering the period for the fourth payment. Those first three payments have already been completed. The total funding that is available is $600 million. But for our nurses and our aged-care workers this is one of a multiplicity of payments. Within the budget we have not just the workforce bonus payment; we also have the clinical placements—that's 5,250 new clinical placements at $15 million—for student nurses in the aged-care and support sector. There's $148.7 million for aged-care nurses payments over and above the temporary payments. That is a payment of up to $3,700 per year.

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