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

The government has not made a decision to privatise aged-care assessments. It's disappointing that claims to that effect by the opposition are misleading the community and, indeed, the parliament. The government made a commitment in the 2018-19 budget to create a single assessment workforce for aged care in line with the 2017 Tune review recommendation No. 27, and we continue to work towards this outcome, working with the jurisdictions involved and the sector. As the Treasurer said last week, that statement was not in his speech. It was Wayne Swan as the Treasurer who called Australia's ageing population a demographic time bomb. The Morrison government remains committed to creating a better experience for senior Australians entering aged care.

Question agreed to.