Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

The gateway is becoming the single entry point to Australia's aged-care system. This is going to make it easier to navigate for older people and their families, and crucially it is going to make it easier for older people to access the aged-care services they need. Older Australians considering their options can now visit the My Aged Care website to find out services available in their area and the price of accommodation at their local residential aged-care facilities. Importantly, they can also access a fee estimator in which they can plug in their assets and their income and receive an estimate of what fees they may be asked to pay in residential aged care. This is on top of accessing assessment services from the RAS, and all these services can also be accessed by calling the national call centre. Bringing these services together will make the system much easier to navigate for older Australians, helping them to access the care that they need when they need it. It is important that, at that stage of life, we make things as easy as we possibly can.