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

Thanks, Senator Walsh, for the supplementary question. As I said in my previous answer, 'after tax' does not mean tax free. It's a very, very simple statement. I'm very proud of the fact that this government provided support to residential aged-care workers and home-care workers. In fact, this group of workers is the only group of workers in the Australian economy that was provided with direct support, to recognise the work that they're doing through the coronavirus pandemic. It's in recognition of the fact that their work is so important in the care of senior Australians. It was a very specific decision to support residential aged-care and home-care workers to look after senior Australians through the pandemic because of the importance of the work that they do.