Senate debates

Thursday, 27 October 2022

Bills

Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022; In Committee

10:24 am

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

I'm keen to understand: in the determination of the expenditure of the $450.7 million for schedule 1, you've said that it's available to any provider with 60 beds or less. Could you advise on whether there is any mechanism within the determination that would differentiate between a provider who was struggling with the current workforce crisis or rewarding bad providers? We know that, sadly, we do have some of those out there. So, is there a mechanism that will actually determine the most imperative issue that is before us at the moment, which is workforce crisis versus rewarding bad providers?

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