Senate debates Bills
Aged Care Amendment (Implementing Care Reform) Bill 2022; In Committee
Murray Watt Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
10:46 am
Thanks, Senator Pocock. You raise a very good point. I have been to an aged-care facility in remote Northern Territory and saw firsthand the particular issues and challenges that arise in providing aged care in those sorts of settings. There are existing training programs in place, but I'm happy to get the department to come back to your office with some more information about what more we can do. But you're dead right. It's a really important thing to have our First Nations people trained to deliver these sorts of services in community.
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