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

Senator McLucas is simply the epitome of an outrage when she comes into this place and maliciously and insensitively seeks to disparage the industry. I suggest to Senator McLucas that she reads the Hansard again. I am not going to waste the time of the Senate. In case Senator McLucas wishes to ask me another question, she can avail herself of the time that I am providing and read the Hansard, because I have outlined precisely what the accreditation agency has done in response to the inspection. I again urge Senator McLucas, as I have done in this place very often, to adopt a non-scaremongering and constructive attitude to the welfare and the mental wellbeing of our residents. If there is anybody in politics who can be accused of abusing elderly people in our aged-care facilities, it is Senator McLucas, who constantly comes into this place and seeks to scare them out of their— (Time expired)