Senate debates Questions without Notice

Aged Care


Nigel Scullion

Nigel Scullion NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs

2:28 pm

That's what I've indicated—almost half of those in the queue are receiving interim care. Offering them high-level packages through the release of additional high-level packages will free up their existing packages for someone else. And we already indicated, in an earlier answer, that we've made some investments in additional high-level packages. We've invested in 20,000 new, high-level home-care packages, as I've indicated. As you move to a higher home-care package, then others can take their place.

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