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

This government understands the importance of residential aged care in regional Australia, and the importance of regional Australians close by having the capacity to access it. It's an important part of a local community, and so when that facility is taken over it will be a major employer in that town. We, in this government, are looking to see the growth of jobs after the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be an important facility in that local community.

We continue to reform the aged-care sector to make it better. That's why we called the royal commission, to ensure that we have a forensic review of the entire aged-care sector and to ensure that we can actually make it better. That's why we'll continue with the reforms that we have been undertaking while the royal commission continues. That's what we will continue to do. We will continue to act in everybody's interests, not just sectoral interests like the Labor Party.