Santo Santoro (Queensland, Liberal Party, Minister for Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

I believe that the department I am overseeing is made up of well-meaning and competent people who do their best to service a part of our community which requires proper and constant care. As I have said to Senator McLucas, and as I have sought to reassure the Australian public, there are obviously areas, whether they are in the department that I am responsible for or any other department, where improvements can constantly be made. The undertaking that I have made repeatedly through a series of interviews and a series of assurances is that, where I believe that finetuning is required, where an inquiry is required and where action is required after that inquiry, that will happen. That is an assurance that is rock solid. Senator McLucas, I suggest, with respect, should be reassured by that.