Senate debates

Thursday, 14 May 2020

Bills

Aged Care Legislation Amendment (Emergency Leave) Bill 2020; In Committee

10:43 am

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Minister. That is very much appreciated. I want to go to an issue—and this has been directly raised with us—around a point that I made in my second reading contribution, which is this issue around the number of days to accept or reject a package. It is 52 days at the moment. I think that's correct. Let me know if I've got that bit wrong. But there is a delay in Australia Post at the moment—I know that from personal experience. Has this matter been raised with you? If not, I'm raising it with you. Have you considered that you could extend that slightly so that people get the length of time that was intended for them to consider their position?

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