Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) | Hansard source

I thank Senator Polley for the question. Can I say I confirm that the figures that Senator Polley has just quoted are actually not correct. In fact, I can confirm that as at 30 June this year there are over 125,000 home care packages in the market, which is an increase of 25 per cent over the last 12 months, a significant improvement. It is a 25 per cent increase in the number of aged-care packages in the market over the last 12 months.