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

Payments are made as and when they are received.

Opposition members interjecting—

No—when the applications are received. Payments are made as and when the applications are received. In relation to the first three periods, which have been completed, I'm advised that all—100 per cent—of applications received have been paid out. Now, as the current period commences, those payments are also being made as the appropriate periods are being reached and as the applications are being made and received. In addition to that, though, the aged-care registered nurses payment of $3,700 per year is also available, not just as a temporary measure or a pandemic measure but as a long-term retention initiative.

Further than that, in the budget, there's $5.7 million for the Aged Care Transition to Practice program, which supports up to 1,300 registered nurses. In addition to that, the Aged Care Nursing Scholarship and allied health dementia program contains $26 million and is currently being distributed. In addition to that, the current budget has $32.7 million for rural health and multidisciplinary training programs. In addition to that, $2.6 million of online training is available. But, in relation to those periods which have been completed, for which applications have been received, 100 per cent of payments have actually been made.

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