Senate debates

Thursday, 14 November 2019

Questions without Notice

Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety

2:20 pm

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

I think the fact that the day after the royal commission handed down its interim report the government was led by the Prime Minister in responding to this matter demonstrates how important this government rates this matter.

As minister, obviously, I have responsibilities around the development of policy, working with my colleague Minister Hunt, who is the cabinet minister within the Health portfolio. The Prime Minister, quite rightly, takes a significant interest in this matter as well, bearing in mind that calling this royal commission was one of the first things that the Prime Minister did after becoming Prime Minister. The Prime Minister saw this as such an important matter that he called a royal commission, regardless of how uncomfortable it might be for any of us, because he saw this as a significant priority for his government.

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