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

Senators opposite don't seem to really care about the importance of aged care to Australians. They went to the last election with $387 billion worth of new taxes and not one single new home-care package, not a cent for the workforce and not a cent for mainstream residential care. Providing safe quality care is important. As I said before, we do appreciate the support that the opposition gave to us in legislating to bring all the functions of quality care into one service under the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. It was an important reform that was recommended by the Carnell-Paterson review. Those regulatory powers give senior Australians the capacity to go to one agency now in respect of all the issues that relate to their aged care.