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

Thanks, Senator Small. The government will immediately invest an additional $452.2 million as an initial step in responding to the report. This includes $18.4 million to enhance the oversight of the government's Home Care Packages Program, to deliver better value for senior Australians and the Australian taxpayer; $32 million to immediately enhance the capacity of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission and provide greater regulation around the use of restraints in aged care, as we've previously committed; and $189.8 million to residential aged-care providers to provide stability and maintain services. And this equates to around $760 per resident in metropolitan residential aged care and $1,145 for those in rural and regional areas.