Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Polley, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) the latest waiting list for aged care home packages for the December quarter indicates there are around 105 000 vulnerable older Australians waiting for the home care package for which they have been approved,

  (ii) the waiting list includes 82 000 older Australians waiting with high needs—many are living with dementia, and

  (iii) the waiting list has grown by almost 15 000 since the home care package reforms were introduced by the Government just a year ago;

(b) calls on the Minister for Aged Care to explain why he described the current waiting list as being on a "positive trajectory"; and

(c) condemns the Turnbull Government for failing to care for older Australians and providing no solutions to deal with the growing home care package waiting list crisis.