Senate debates

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Questions without Notice

Aged Care

2:42 pm

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

There has been a seven per cent decrease in the home care waiting list in the last three months, directly relevant to the additional 25,000 packages that the government has put into the market in the last 12 months. The total waiting list now sits at 119,000. As I said at the outset, the number that Senator Polley is talking about is not correct.

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