Senate debates

Wednesday, 12 May 2010

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:35 pm

Photo of Concetta Fierravanti-WellsConcetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Aged and Community Services Australia have described the budget as leaving ‘aged care in rags’ while Aged and Community Care Victoria state that the budget ‘fails frail aged again’, and the commentary gets worse. At a time when the aged-care sector is in crisis and calling for major reform, why has our all-talking, no-action Prime Minister shunted aged care to the Productivity Commission— (Time expired)

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