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

One of the more pre-emptive points of order I've ever heard. The Australian government is primarily responsible for funding and regulation of the aged-care sector, and part of that regulatory process is a number of standards which aged-care providers are responsible for meeting. That includes management of infection control and a range of other measures. There are 44 items that have to be complied with in the standards, and we regulate and assess all aged-care providers across the country to ensure that they do meet those standards. Of course, we have processes to deal with them if they don't. (Time expired)