Sam Rae (Hawke, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Aged Care and Seniors) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, Support at Home will come into effect from 1 November alongside the new Aged Care Act, which provides the legislative framework for the new home-care approach that we are taking. We will deliver an additional 83,000 packages from 1 November in the first 12 months of Support at Home. That's on top of the more than 300,000 Australians that are currently receiving home-care packages who will be transitioned into the Support at Home program. Between now and November, we will continue to allocate packages every single week to older Australians who are in need of care. We will continue to allocate them at an average of above 2,000 packages per week, and every single Australian who is assessed through a clinical assessment process as high priority will receive their package within a month. The Albanese Labor government is absolutely committed to ensuring that older people all across Australia receive the care that they need and that they deserve.

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