Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Communications) Share this | Hansard source

I think I might need to correct Senator Watt's claims there in his question. Over 50 per cent of those on the national waiting list are actually in an aged-care package. They're waiting for another type of package. So I think to say there is a waiting list of 100,000 is actually incorrect. What the government should be focused on is ensuring that Australians, as they age, have the support to make the choices that they see fit for their lives. If they choose not to take up a residential aged-care package, but instead to use it for additional high-quality support to stay longer in their own home, then our government wants to support them to do that. That is their choice. The choice to not go into residential care but to have— (Time expired)