Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Hansard source

The Morrison government's strong response to the three priority areas of the aged-care royal commission interim report included $496.3 million for 10,000 more home care packages; $25.5 million to reduce the use of chemical restraints in aged care; $10 million for additional dementia training and support for aged-care workers and providers, including to reduce the use of chemical restraint; and $4.7 million to help meet new targets to remove younger people with disabilities from residential aged care. In contrast, Labor at the last election had $387 billion worth of new taxes and did not allocate a single dollar towards more home care packages.